The Peripatetic History of Middle English *ѓթ 37are raise, swain, nay, they, bait, hale and wail; weak is anomalous in that it fell in
with ME ܭࡃ rather than æj.
12 Dv 10 Cornwood, Dv 9 Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Cornwall 6 St. Buryan, Sf 5
Kersey, Gl 5 Sherborne, Gl 6 Slimbridge.
13 Cu 6 Gosforth, La 1 Coniston, St 1 Warslow, Wa 2 Hockley Heath, Ess 11
Netteswell.
14 Y 3 Skelton, St 3 Alton, Ha 1 Hatherden.
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