Re: RV: Old English

Basileus wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:03:46 +0200, Mangiat <mangiat@...> wrote:
>
> >Vasily wrote:
> >> Actually, I was going to say 'all _sc_ in all positions', but there do
> >> exist a few difficult exceptions like _ask_.
>
> All this discussion of Old English matters forced me to consult Carl
> Brunner eventually.
>
> He says, roughly, that <sc> is not palatalized *between* two back
> vowels (_ask_ < _áscian_ < *áskojan), but he does not mention words
> like _rush_ etc.
Disregard my last post about sc < cs by metathesis, my tutor was wrong. I
checked with the OED and áscian is from WGmc *aiskôjan. The sc is not
between two back vowels.

Dan.