Re: PGmc question

From: bmscotttg
Message: 63708
Date: 2009-03-31

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
wrote:

[...]

> I'm thinking about other common ea- words such as beard,

OE <beard>

> dear,

OE <de:ore>

> dearth,

Not attested in OE; ME <derþe>.

> heart,

OE <heorte>

> hearth,

OE <heorð>

These are a bit of a mixed bag.

Brian