-
rather than ⟨rg⟩ to
spell the /rj/
sequence found in
verbs like
herian and
swerian,
whereas Mercian and
Northumbrian texts generally used ⟨rg⟩ in the spelling...
- Æthelred II
Edmund II Æthelred I-II
Edmund *Historical Dunsæte
Swerian Dunsæte
Swerian I-II Cnut VII Æthelred
Wifmannes Beweddung VII Æthelred Wifmannes...
- on æl**** wæpentace; & gan ut þa
yldestan XII þegnas & se
gerefa mid, &
swerian on þam haligdome, þe heom man on hand sylle, þæt hig
nellan nænne sacleasan...
- heaðo-wylma bād, lāðan līges; | ne wæs hit
lenge þā gēn þæt se ecg-hete | āðum-
swerian æfter wæl-nīðe | wæcnan scolde. ...
there towered the hall, high, gabled...
- his
charge with a fore-oath. An
example formula in the
anonymous text
Swerian states, "by the Lord, I
accuse N.
neither for
hatred nor for
calumny nor...
- heaðo-wylma bād, lāðan līges; ne wæs hit
lenge þā gēn þæt se ecg-hete āðum-
swerian æfter wæl-nīðe wæcnan scolde. ....there
towered the hall, high, gabled...
- /ɛr/, RP /ɛə/ OE
beoran (WS beran) > to bear; OE pere, peru > pear; OE
swerian > to swear; OE wer man > were- (often +th,d,t,v) /ɛ/ OE leþer > leather...
- /ɛr/, RP /ɛə/ OE
beoran (WS beran) > to bear; OE pere, peru > pear; OE
swerian > to swear; OE wer man > were- (often +th,d,t,v) /ɛ/ OE leþer > leather...
- /ɛr/, RP /ɛə/ OE
beoran (WS beran) > to bear; OE pere, peru > pear; OE
swerian > to swear; OE wer man > were- (often +th,d,t,v) /ɛ/ OE leþer > leather...
- heaðo-wylma bād, lāðan līges; ne wæs hit
lenge þā gēn þæt se ecg-hete āðum-
swerian æfter wæl-nīðe wæcnan scolde. ....there
towered the hall, high, gabled...
