Etymograph : Old English : Rules : oe-front-mutate-vowel

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sound is 'e' and next sound is 'a':

new sound is 'i'
new next sound is 'e'

sound is 'ē' and next sound is 'a':

new sound is 'ī'
new next sound is 'e'

(sound is 'i' or sound is 'ī') and next sound is 'o':

new next sound is 'e'

sound is 'u':

new sound is 'y'

sound is 'ū':

new sound is 'ȳ'

sound is 'o':

new sound is 'e'

sound is 'ō':

new sound is 'ē'

sound is 'a':

new sound is 'æ'

sound is 'ā':

new sound is 'ǣ'

sound is 'æ':

new sound is 'e'

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