History of the English language
Ana Laura Rodríguez
Redondo
Names: Pablo Tello, Estefanía Huerta, Fátima El Guennouni, Rocío Hernández
Exercises (Algeo 1992: 150-151)
1. Write each of these phonetically transcribed words in one possible Middle English
spelling:
[grɔ:pən] Gropen [weivən] Weiven
[ma:t] (dead) Mat = maat (long line
on a),
[me:tən] Meeten / meten
[dɔggə] dogge [mɛ:tə] Mete (long line en la
primera e)
[wri:ðən] wriithen [θɔux]ɔux]] Though
2. Write these Middle English words in phonetic transcription. Unstressed <e> at the end
of a word is phonetically [ə]. The modern development is given as a gloss when there is
possible ambiguity.
Caas (case) /Ka:s/ Wood (woad) /wɔ:d/
Broth /Broθ/ Street (street) /stre:t/
Dreem (dream) /Dre:m/ Shin /ʃin/
Wood (wood) /Wo:d/ Rein (rain) /Rein/