1. OE to ME: levelling of inflections OEME SOUTHME NORTH masculine nouns sg Nse stán Aþone stánþe stone Dþǽm stáne Gþæs stánesþe stones pl(south)(north) NAþá stánas Dþǽm stánumþe stonenþe stones Gþára stána

2. OE to ME: levelling of inflections OEME SOUTHME NORTH feminine nouns sg Nséo sacu Aþá saceþe sake Dþǽre sace G pl(south)(north) NAþá saca Dþǽm sacumþe sakenþe sakes Gþára saca

3. OE to ME: levelling of inflections OEME SOUTHME NORTH neuter nouns sg Nþæt hús A þe hous(e) Dþǽm húse Gþæs húsesþe houses pl NAþá hús Dþǽm húsumþe housenþe houses Gþára húsa

4. personal pronouns OEME 1ic mec mé mínich me min(e) 2þú þec þé þínþou þe þin(e) 3 mhe hine him hishe him his 3 fheo híe hire hireho hir(e) 3 nhit him his(h)it (h)it his 1wé ús úrewe us owre 1 dualwit unc uncer 2gé éow éowerye yow yowr(e) 2 dualgit inc incer 3 mfnhíe heom heorahe hem hire

5. personal pronouns OEME 1ic mec mé mínich me min(e) 2þú þec þé þínþou þe þin(e) 3 mhe hine him hishe him his 3 fheo híe hire hireho hir(e) 3 nhit him his(h)it (h)it his 1wé ús úrewe us owre 1 dualwit unc uncer 2gé éow éowerye yow yowr(e) 2 dualgit inc incer 3 mfnhíe heom heorahe hem hire

6. personal pronouns OEME SOUTHME NORTH 1ic mec mé mínich me min(e) 2þú þec þé þínþou þe þin(e) 3 mhe hine him hishe him his 3 fheo híe hire hireho hir(e)scho 3 nhit him his(h)it (h)it his 1wé ús úrewe us owre 1 dualwit unc uncer 2gé éow éowerye yow yowr(e) 2 dualgit inc incer 3 mfnhíe heom heorahe hem hireþai þem þeyre

7. OE to ME: levelling of inflections verbs present tense OEME SouthMidlandsME North helpanhelpenhelpe 1 sgic helpeich helpe 2 sgþú helpestþow helpest 3 sghé hilpþ/helpeþhe helpeþhelpes 123 pl wé helpaðwe helpeþhelpenhelpes

8. OE to ME: levelling of inflections verbs past tense OEME SouthME North 1 sgic sangich sang 2 sgþú sungeþou sangst 3 sghé sanghe sang 123 pl wé sungonwe sungensunge p-pgesungeny-sunge(n)sunge(n)

9. Verbs: salient points present tense OEME SouthMidlandsME North 1 sgic helpeich helpe 2 sg þú help est þou help est þu help es 3 sg hé help eþ he help eth help es 123 pl wé help aþ we help eth help en help es

10. SOUTH London, Midlands NORTH stonestoon stan what quhat for, fromvor vramfor fromfor fro he, she ithe heo hithe sche hithe scho hit they, them, their he hom horeþei hem hirþai þam þare

11. SOUTHLondon/MidlandNORTH “stone”stoon stan “what”what quhat “for, from”vor vramfor fromfor fro “he, she it”he heo hithe sche hithe scho hit “they, them, their” he hom horeþei hem hirþai þam þare “he is”he is, bethhe is “we are”we bethwe benwe aren

12. SOUTH London /Midland NORTH “he speaks”he speketh he spekes,spekis “we speak”we spekethwe spekenwe spekes,spekis “speaking”spekinde spekende spekinge spekand

15. v-f vor – for vox – fox vyxen - fyxen ð – þ ðink – þink ðis - þis s - z sea,such Initial fricatives show

16. they them their hei hem hire

17. for –s see Markey 1988 in B-Mappa 3rd pers. sg.

18. all pers. pl.