Old English grammar

1st sg 2nd and 3rd 2nd sg 3rd sg adjs analogical Angl appears assibilation back umlaut back vowel Beow beside compensatory lengthening compounds contraction declension dialects diphthongs e.g. OE e.g. VP early texts eW-S examples final footnote frequent front vowels geminates Goth half-stress hence i-mutation i-umlaut imper indic inflected forms inflexions Ingvaeonic IW-S later lengthening loan-words long vowels loss manuscripts masc medial Merc mutation nasal nasal consonant neut normal North nouns nW-S occur Old English origin palatal consonants past pl past sg past tense phonological pres present system Prim root syllable Ru.¹ Ru.² second element short shortening sounds spirants stress strong verbs subj suffix symbol syncopation unaccented syllables usually velar verbs of Class Verner's law voiced voiceless weak verbs West Gmc words