Re: USAGE: OE pt was Re: USAGE:Yet another few questions about Welsh.

Joe wrote:

> David Barrow wrote:
>
>> Even though 'Alfred' is a compound: Ælf- ræd?  Was this voicing a
>> regular feature of OE? Did it happen to /s/ and /T/ as well?
>>
>
> Well, it still happens to /T/.  But, yes, /s/ too.
It happens with plurals after 'th'  baths, mouths, paths (though not in
everybody's accent), with verbs. But in 'paTHless', 'paTHmark',
ruTHless, claSSroom, staFFroom?  My question is about voicing of /f/,
/s/ /T/ in OE when there's  compounding:  'forþbrengan', 'eorþbyrig',
'lufrædan' and whether it was regular.

David Barrow

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