Re: Middle English question
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, July 30, 1999, 23:44 |
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BP Jonsson wrote:
> "u" was /u/ or /y/.
/y/ existed in Middle English? I thought it was lost in Late Old
English.
> "3" "to3te".
Does "3" represent the "yogh"?
So, is this correct?:
he: &:ks@d &ftEr Eg@s &nd D@ go:d@ wi:f &nswErd@ D&t Se: cu:d@ nOt spE:k
nO frEnS@ &nd DEn &t l&st a: nODEr said D&t he: wu:ld@ h&:v h&d Eir@n
DEn De: go:d@ wi:f said D&t Se: u:ndErsto:d hi:m wel
--
"[H]e axed after eggys: And the goode wyf answerde, that she coude not
speke no Frenshe ... And then at last a nother sayd that he woulde haue
hadde eyren: then the goode wyf sayd that she vnderstood hym wel." --
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