Exercises Consonant Changes

Complete the following chart. Find the Old English and Early Modern English equivalents for the Present Day English examples, as well as the description for the changes that took place and fill in the gaps. Click also on the words we provide as solutions to hear their pronunciation.

ɑ:nlik, cneo, fæder, father, hlud, hlæne, hlystan, knee, leane, listen, lʊd, morðer, murther, onli, self, swʊster, swetan, swete, zelf

 Loss of /c/ after unstressed vowel 
 Change from /d/ to /th/ after stressed vowel, before /r/
 Change from /d/ to /th/ after /r/, before /l/
 Loss of initial /g/, /k/ before /n/
 Loss of initial /h/ before /l/, /n/, /r/
 Loss of initial /h/;before /l/, /n/, /r/ 
 Loss of /n/ after unstressed vowels 
 Initial /s/ softens to /z/ (regional, South of Thames) 
 Loss of intrusive /t/ after /s/
 Loss of /w/ after consonant, before back vowel 

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