Re: [tied] Scope of i-umlaut in Old English

On 2006-05-03 15:16, Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:

> I have a question about the scope of i-umlaut in Old
> English. I'm afraid it is very basic, but the historical
> grammars aren't very clear on the subject. (Just as they are
> generally not concerned, it seems, with the relative
> chronology of sound changes.)

Try to get hold of Richard M. Hogg's _A Grammar of Old English. Vol.1:
Phonology_. The i-umlaut of both stressed and unstressed vowels,
iterative umlaut, types exceptions to i-umlaut and chronological issues,
are all discussed there (esp. in subchapters 5:VI and 6:II).

Piotr