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... initial and postconsonantal / t / were replaced by / S / , as in seans ' chance ' , seomra ' chamber ' , áirseoir ' archer ' , stáinse ' stanchion ' , but intervocalic / t / was interpreted as a consonant - cluster and underwent ...
... initial and postconsonantal / t / were replaced by / S / , as in seans ' chance ' , seomra ' chamber ' , áirseoir ' archer ' , stáinse ' stanchion ' , but intervocalic / t / was interpreted as a consonant - cluster and underwent ...
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... initial / b / to / p / occurs in pelly belly ' ( v 3 ) , ploud ' blood ' ( viii 22 ) , preed ' breed ' ( viii 43 ) , pleshy ' bless ye ' ( x 14 ) , ponds ' bonds ' ( xii 89 ) , podyes ' bodies ' ( xii 122 ) , proges ' brogues ' ( xxv 37 ...
... initial / b / to / p / occurs in pelly belly ' ( v 3 ) , ploud ' blood ' ( viii 22 ) , preed ' breed ' ( viii 43 ) , pleshy ' bless ye ' ( x 14 ) , ponds ' bonds ' ( xii 89 ) , podyes ' bodies ' ( xii 122 ) , proges ' brogues ' ( xxv 37 ...
Page 246
... initial voiceless consonant in Mediæval Hiberno - English : The English Conquest of Ireland has a number of instances of day ' they ' , and inverted spellings like onther ' under ' presuppose the use of a voiced consonant in some words ...
... initial voiceless consonant in Mediæval Hiberno - English : The English Conquest of Ireland has a number of instances of day ' they ' , and inverted spellings like onther ' under ' presuppose the use of a voiced consonant in some words ...
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