e, to modern English
than do the corresponding Anglo-Saxon forms. I here repeat this list,
as it is very instructive. The references, such as "5. 15," are to the
chapters and verses of St Matthew's Gospel, as printed in my edition
of _The Holy Gospels, in Anglo-Saxon, Northumbrian, and Old Mercian
Versions, synoptically arranged_ (Cambridge, 1871-87). The first
column below gives the Modern English form, the second the Old Mercian
form (with references), and the third the Anglo-Saxon or Wessex form:

MODERN OLD MERCIAN WESSEX (A.S.)
all all, 5. 15 eall
are arun, 19. 28 (_not used_)
betwixt betwix, 27. 56 betweox
cheek c{-e}ke, 5. 39 c{-e}ace
5 cold cald, 10. 42 ceald
eke {-e}k, 5. 39 {-e}ac
eleven enlefan, 28. 16 endlufon
eye {-e}ge, 5. 29 {-e}age
falleth falleth, 10. 29 fealleth
10 fell, _pt.t.pl._ fellun, 7. 25 f{-e}ollon
-fold -fald, 19. 29 -feald
(_in_ ten-fold)
gall, _sb._ galla, 27. 34 gealla
half, _sb._ half, 20. 23 healf
halt, _adj._ halt, 11. 5 healt
15 heard, _pt.t.s._ (ge)h{-e}rde, 2. 3 (ge)h{-i}erde
lie l{-i}gan, 5. 11 l{-e}ogan
(_tell lies_)
light, _sb._ l{-i}ht, 5. 16 l{-e}oht
light, _adj._ liht, 11. 30 leoht
narrow naru, 7. 14 nearu
20 old {'a}ld, 9. 16 eald
sheep sc{-e}p, 25. 32 sc{-e}ap
shoes sc{-o}as, 10. 10 sc{-e}os, sc{-y}
silver sylfur, 10. 9 seolfor
slept, _pt.t.pl._ sleptun, 13. 25 sl{-e}pon
25 sold, _pp._ sald, 10. 19 seald
spit, _vb._ spittan, 27. 30 sp{-{ae}}tan
wall wall, 21. 33 weall
yard (_rod_) ierd, 10. 10 gyrd
yare (_ready_) iara, 22. 4 gearo
30 yoke ioc, 11. 29 geoc
youth iuguth, 19. 20 geoguth

In l.5, the scribe Farman miswrote _caldas_ as _galdas_, in Matt.
x 42; but it is a mere mistake. In l. 20, the accent over the _a_ in
_{'a}ld_ is marked in the MS., though the vowel was not originally long.

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