OE to ME levelling of inflections OE masculine

OE to ME: levelling of inflections OE masculine nouns sg N se stán A þone stán D þǽm stáne G þæs stánes pl NA þá stánas D þǽm stánum G þára stána ME SOUTH ME NORTH þe stones (south) þe stonen (north) þe stones

OE to ME: levelling of inflections OE feminine nouns sg N séo sacu A þá sace D þǽre sace G þǽre sace pl NA þá saca D þǽm sacum G þára saca ME SOUTH ME NORTH þe sake (south) þe saken (north) þe sakes

OE to ME: levelling of inflections OE neuter nouns sg N þæt hús A þæt hús D þǽm húse G þæs húses pl NA þá hús D þǽm húsum G þára húsa ME SOUTH ME NORTH þe hous(e) þe houses þe housen þe houses

personal pronouns 1 2 OE ic mec mé mín þú þec þé þín ME ich me min(e) þou þe þin(e) 3 m he hine him his he him his 3 f 3 n 1 heo híe hire hit him his wé ús úre ho hir(e) (h)it his we us owre 1 dual 2 wit uncer gé éower ye yowr(e) 2 dual git incer 3 mfn híe heom heora he hem hire

personal pronouns 1 2 OE ic mec mé mín þú þec þé þín ME ich me min(e) þou þe þin(e) 3 m he hine him his he him his 3 f 3 n 1 heo híe hire hit him his wé ús úre ho hir(e) (h)it his we us owre 1 dual 2 wit uncer gé éower ye yowr(e) 2 dual git incer 3 mfn híe heom heora he hem hire

personal pronouns 1 2 OE ic mec mé mín þú þec þé þín ME SOUTH ich me min(e) þou þe þin(e) 3 m he hine him his he him his 3 f 3 n 1 heo híe hire hit him his wé ús úre ho hir(e) (h)it his we us owre 1 dual 2 wit uncer gé éower ye yowr(e) 2 dual git incer 3 mfn híe heom heora he hem hire ME NORTH scho þai þem þeyre

OE to ME: levelling of inflections verbs present tense OE ME South helpan helpen 1 sg ic helpe ich helpe 2 sg þú helpest þow helpest Midlands ME North helpe 3 sg hé hilpþ/helpeþ he helpeþ 123 wé helpað pl we helpeþ helpes helpen helpes

OE to ME: levelling of inflections verbs past tense OE ME South ME North 1 sg ic sang ich sang 2 sg þú sunge þou sangst 3 sg hé sang he sang 123 pl p-p wé sungon we sungen sunge gesungen y-sunge(n)

Verbs: salient points present tense OE ME South Midlands ME North 1 sg ic helpe ich helpe 2 sg þú helpest þou helpest þu helpes 3 sg hé helpeþ he helpeth helpes 123 wé helpaþ pl we helpeth helpen helpes

SOUTH stone what for, from he, she it they, them, their stoon what vor vram he heo hit London, Midlands stoon what for from he sche hit NORTH stan quhat for fro he scho hit he hom hore þei hem hir þai þam þare

SOUTH London/Midland NORTH “stone” “what” “for, from” stoon what vor vram stoon what for from stan quhat for fro “he, she it” “they, them, their” he heo hit he sche hit he scho hit he hom hore þei hem hir þai þam þare “he is” “we are” he is, beth we beth he is we ben he is we aren

SOUTH London /Midland “he speaks” he speketh he spekes, spekis “we speak” we speketh we speken we spekes, spekis spekinde spekende spekinge spekand “speaking” NORTH

Initial fricatives v-f vor – for vox – fox vyxen - fyxen ð–þ ðink – þink ðis - þis s-z sea, such show

they them their hei hem hire

3 rd pers. sg. for –s see Markey 1988 in B-Mappa

all pers. pl.