O.E. _e_, the _i_-umlaut of _a_, is preserved: 373 _end -- +wend+_. 476 _+went+ -- jent_. 924 _teƚƚ -- +hell+_. 1702 _+hell+ -- Desoneƚƚe_. 1798 _feƚƚ -- +heƚƚ+_. The past partic. of _seón_, _segen_, has been contracted into _sen_. 1562 _+sene+ -- wene_.
O.E. _æ_ has become _a_: 45 _+spake+ -- take_. 363 _ffare -- +bare+_. 726 and 876 _+sale+ -- Portynggaƚƚe_. 1074 _passe -- +was+_. 1131 _+sale+ -- tale_. 1233 _+thare+ -- fare_. 1236 _+was+ -- Sathanas_. 1399 _care -- +thare+_. 2287 _+was+ -- alas_.
_æ_ has become _e_: 2026 _wildernes -- +was+_. 764 _derre -- clere -- +ware+_ (ags. _wær_). 1951 _+there+ -- bere_. 328 _+glad+_ (= _gled_) -- _redd_.
_æ_ has become _ay_ by the vocalization of the following _g_: 25 _+fayne+ -- Torrayne_. 1025 _+may+ -- +day+_, _+wey+ -- +laye+_. 1071 _+say+ -- +day+_. 2029 _+day+ -- +way+_.
O.E. _ea_ becomes _o_ before _ld_: 303 _+hold+ -- +bold+_, _fold_ (ags. _folde_) -- _+cold+_. 422 _gold -- mold, +hold+ -- +told+_.
_ea_ has become _a_: 399 _Portyngaƚƚ -- +bale+_ (ags. _bealu_). 531 _+care+ -- far~_ (ags. _cearu_). 1891 _ffare -- +care+_.
_ea_ has become _e_: 1166 _beheld -- feld -- sheld -- +weld+_ (ags. _wealdan_). 2359 _preste -- +breste+_ (ags. _bearst_).
O.E. _eo_ has turned into _e_: 1166 _+beheld+ -- ffeld -- sheld -- weld_.
O.E. _ĭ_ is preserved as _i_ and _y_: 51 _+knyght+ -- +nyght+_. 307 _+dym+ -- +hym+_. 1783 _+myld+ -- +child+_. Only once this vowel has changed into _e_: 714 _+wret+ -- get_. _i_ rhymes with _e_: 3 _wynde -- ende -- lende -- ffynde_.
O.E. _ŏ_ is unaltered: 422 _+gold+ -- +mold+_. 1122 _+gold+ -- +mold+_.
O.E. _ŭ_ has become _o_: 367 _+dore+_ (ags. _duru_) -- _befor~_. 765 _Aragon~ -- son~_. 1257 _+ouer+ com -- Aragon~_. 1762 _com~ -- kyngdome_. 1801 _done -- +sonne+_ (ags. _sunu_). 2320 _+sonne+ -- dungeon_.
O.E. _y̆_, the _i_-umlaut of _ŭ_, has the value of _i_, written _i_ or _y_: 390 _+kysse+ -- iwysse_. 1564 _tiƚƚ -- +fullefyƚƚ+_, _yƚƚ -- wyƚƚ_. 1740 _evyƚƚ -- +fulle fylle+_. Only once it rhymes with _e_: 1484 _+hyƚƚ+_ (= _+heƚƚ+_) -- _yeƚƚ -- befeƚƚ -- weƚƚ_, never with _u_.
O.E. _â_ is preserved in the following rhymes:[2] _a._ 39 _take -- +stroke+_ (= _strake_, ags. _strâc_), _spake -- take_. 97 _+sore+ -- fare_. 103 _+goos+ -- +takythe+_ (= _gas -- tas_). 280 _wakyn~ -- +tokyn+~_ (ags. _tâcen_). 334 _care -- +sore+_. 590 _fare -- wher_, _+hore+ -- care_. 705 _fare -- +gere+_ (ags. _gâr_). 788 _Iame -- name_, _+bone+ -- schame_. 834 _+ga+ -- ma_. 977 _fare -- bare_, _+sare+ -- chaffare_. 1143 _glade -- +rade+_. 1238 _Cate -- gate_, _bad -- +wott+_ (ags. _wât_). 1251 _+brod+ -- made_; cf. 1303, 1306, 1501, 1526, 1604, 1612, 1663, 1669, 1825, 1911, 2178, 2356, 2617.