Great Vowel Shift Page 4
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Late Middle English
Early Modern English
mu:s, mi:s
mәus, mәis
‘mouse, mice’
lu:s, li:s
lәus, lәis
‘louse, lice’
fu:l, f
lθ
fәul, f
lθ
‘foul, filth’
I
I
go:s, ge:s
gu:s, gi:s
‘goose, geese’
to:θ, te:θ
tu:θ, ti:θ
‘tooth, teeth’
fo:t, fe:t
fu:t, fi:t
‘foot, feet’
fo:d, fe:dә
fu:d, fi:d
‘food, feed’
blo:d, ble:dә
blu:d, bli:d
‘blood, bleed’
do:m, de:mә
du:m, di:m
‘doom, deem’ (‘judgment, judge’)
hɔ:l, hɛ:lә
ho:l, he:l
‘whole, heal’
dɔ:l, dɛ:lә
do:l, de:l
‘dole, deal’
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