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adjectives adverbs alternative appears become Beowulf beside called cause century changes Class clauses common consonant consonantal contracted corresponding dative declension dialects diphthongisation diphthongs distinction earlier early elements ending English Studies especially example expressed extent final forms frequently front function further genitive give hand heard i-mutation important indefinite indic infinitive inflexion influence king land language late later Latin lengthening means MICHIGAN Mod.E modifies mutation nasal normal nouns occur Old English originally pæt Participle past pple pattern period person phonetic position preceding prefix pres present pret preterite pronouns relative respectively result Saxon sense short similarly sometimes sounds stem stress student swā syllable symbols syncope term texts usually various verbs vocalic vowel West þæt