§ 36, nr. 11.
16 1
Egzqmjj Iz—Agglo-Sacsun.
Az tin de leter h, we can not tiijc dat it ever had a veri hqrd sînd.
We prezqm it tm hav ben —Ml befor vîelz, and tui hav coresponded tm
îi* h befor licwidz ; dus, {,Jiwit, hring, Mot, hnecca) wer, we tiijc, pronînst
hwet, (er fleet,) firig, Mot, hneca. We elso tiijc dat at de end ov a silab 1
and a ward it woz onli a veri tant hwisper, and at most de latest, jentlest
sînd ov k er q; dus, (turh, leoht, dofitor) wer probabli turq, la qt, doqtor;
and in dis cas de q m jt ezili be entjrli omited er pqs intm a vîel, az in de
der|vd IijgliJ wurdz tûro, (;tria,) I'd, doter.
cle leter f woz probabli — v betwen tiu vîelz, dus, (lajianj probabli
— luman ; dis wiad aeînt fer its beiij sumtjmz rit’n (u) — u, and fer its
beiij ocâgunali lost; dus, (hlaford)—Mavord, and den lauord, and neest
lord; {heafod)—haavod, and den haauod, haod, hand, ha d, and fjnali lied.
cle leter (w) woz probabli de Jermanic v rqder dan de Igglij w ; but
it mjt hav ben qzd in bot sensez. We suspect dat de Nermanz wer
not ab’l tm prônons v, and dus sage v intui u hwar it woz posib’l, (namli,
befor a vîel,) and onuted it eltmgéder in uder plasez. His leter, lis ever,
semz tiu hav ben qzd fer u in diftoijz in de sam wa dat de DaniJ v (hwig
iz a cler v befor a vîel) stil iz. It iz ranqrcabT dat de Sacsunz did not
qz a roman leter fer (w) h wen da ganjd from de ruinic tm de roman leterz,
but retând a pecqlier earaeter. His ma hav ben becez dar (w) had a
sînd not tui be fond in Latin, and dis wud sertenli favur de consonant w
in preferens tui v, hwig iz rqder supozd tin hav ben a Latin sînd. Stil,
so muq confqgun egzists betwen de sîiidz w, v, v, hwig rarli if ever egzist
az a complet trjad in wun larjgwej, dat el pants conécted wid deni must
reman in dît hwar we qr not ab’l tm test de mater bj recurens tm liviij
speg. It ma be most convenient tm rjt, and darfor proifons, w, fer de
Agglo-Sacsun (w); but hwar it wud be dificult tm proifons de w, az befor
de consonants l, r, in {wlitan, writan,} v ma be empldd, dus, vident, Cretan,
eldo it iz b^ no menz imposib’l tm sa icletan, wretan.
tie leterz (]? b) wer proifonst t Û. Mug confirma iz fond in dar qs bj,
diferent rjterz, and it iz dificult tm asert pdzitivli hwig woz hwig. Stil,
we belev dat de ferst woz t and de secund û ; becez de secund sjn iz
évidentli der|vd from d, and de ferm ov de ferst sjn iz de sam az dat iiî
qzd in Tslandic, hwar it iz elwaz proifonst t.
Az a spesimen, we furnij* hvvot iz supcSzd tm be de jeiniin old Sacsun
ov Cadmon, in tui fermz, az giv’n on paj xxii ov Mr. Terps (Thorpe’s)
earful edijun ov Cadmonz metrical parafraz ov de Old Testament, clar
iz a grat diferens ov speliij, but we dît hweder dar woz mug real diferens
ov pronunsiajun, az wil be sen bj comparig de pronunsiajun hwig we hav
asp id tui eg verfun.