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accent analogy Angles Anglo-Saxon Apheresis apocope assimilated back vl became Beowulf bindan called Celts Christianity cyning dagas days deofol dialect diphthong dōm dōmjan Encyclopædia Britannica England Engle following vl foreign words fricatives f front vl Gemination German ġġ glide gōd Goth gradation guttural heah high high vl hliehhan laugh i-mutations Initial king labial language later Latin Latin Alphabet long slb long vl long vowel MªE medially and finally Metathesis mid vl mutated nasal nęrian NOTE nouns Old English open slb palatal Picts pronouns psychological predicate rare remains runes second element secondary stress semi-vowels short siex six sometimes sonorous cons Sonorous Consonants sound speech spelled stressed vl syllable syncopate unstressed usually verbs VERNER'S LAW voiced voiceless cons voiceless fricative weak West Saxon written