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/e:/
Spelling:e
ecnes "eternity"
deman "deem"
Mid, front, tense, unrounded long vowel. The vowel of PDE they.
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/e:/ Spelling:e ecnes "eternity" Mid, front, tense, unrounded long vowel. The vowel of PDE they. SOUND
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| Germanic */e:/ |
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ME
/e/ |
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| OE
/o:/ |
Umlaut
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Shortening
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/e/
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/e/ |
Lengthening
before consonants |
ME
diphthongization |
ME
/æi/ |
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| OE
/y:/ |
Unrounding
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Breaking
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OE
/e:'/
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OE
/i:'/
>OE
/i:/ |