Great Vowel Shift Page 3
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Examples of vowel alternations affected by the Great Vowel Shift.
Late Middle English
Early Modern English
hi:dә, h
ddә
hәid, h
d
‘hide, hid’
I
I
či:ld, č
ldәrәn
čәild, č
ldrәn
‘child, children’
I
I
wi:zә, w
zdom
wәiz, w
zdom
‘wise, wisdom’
I
I
fi:vә, f
fte:n
fәiv, f
fti:n
‘five, fifteen’
I
I
kri:st, kr
st(ә)massә
krәist, kr
s(tә)mas
‘Christ, Christmas’
I
I
ke:pә, kɛptә
ki:p, kɛpt
‘keep, kept’
me:tә, mɛttә
mi:t, mɛt
‘meet, met’
fe:dә, fɛddә
fi:d, fɛd
‘feed, fed’
de:p, dɛpθ
di:p, dɛpθ
‘deep, depth’
θe:f, θɛft
θi:f, θɛft
‘thief, theft’
lɛ:dә, lɛddә
le:d, lɛd
‘lead, led’
klɛ:nә, klɛnzә
kle:n, klɛnz
‘clean, cleanse’
hɛ:lә, hɛlθ
he:l, hɛlθ
‘heal, health’
hu:s, h
zbond
hәus, h
zband
‘house, husband’
U
U
su:θ, s
ðәrnә
sәuθ, s
ðәrn
‘south, southern’
U
U
u:t,
t(t)әr
әut,
tәr
‘out, utter’
U
U
go:s, gɔzl
ŋg
gu:s, gɔzl
ŋg
‘goose, gosling’
I
I
fo:d, fɔd(d)әr
fu:d, fɔdәr
‘food, fodder’
hɔ:li, hɔl
dei
ho:li, hɔl
dei
‘holy, holiday’
I
I
nɔ:zә, nɔstrәl
no:z, nɔstrәl
‘nose, nostril’
gras, gra:zә
gras, gra:z > grɛ:z
‘grass, graze’
baθ, ba:ðә
baθ, ba:ð > bɛ:ð
‘bath, bathe’
ma:ri, mar
gɔuld
ma:ri > mɛ:ri, mar
gɔuld
‘Mary, marigold’
I
I
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