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/o/ Spelling: o ord "spear-point" Mid, back, tense rounded short vowel. The vowel of Modern British English hot or Modern High German Gott. SOUND
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| Germanic */o/ |
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ME
/ô/  |
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| Lengthening
in open syllables |
ME
/ô:/ |
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| OE
/a/ |
Raising
before nasal |
Umlaut
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OE
/e/ |
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| Lengthening before
consonants |
ME
/o/ |