- [æ] > [ia];
- [ɛː] > [ɜː] before [r], but this is blocked by a preceding [j], in which case [jɛː] > [jaː];
- Diphthongisation of long vowels: [iː ɜː eː aː ɑː uː yː æː] > [ɛɪ ɜʊ iɛ ɛɑ ɑʊ ɘʊ ɛʏ ɘɪ];
- Plural forms of masculine nouns analogically become -as; ǽdelinges shifts in pronunciation, but not orthographically;
- Dative case endings are lost after prepositions; shifting tágiem back to tágas; also shifting zá to zás;
- Inanimate nouns shift to have plurals in -n, shifting the above to tágan;
- The orthography is beginning to fossilise, however terminal schwa that became [ɑ] is respelled a; the entire loss of [æ], and scribal influences from the continent, result in the respelling of [ia ɘɪ] from [æ æː] as ia oi; [ʃ] was spelled si~sj, but this has begun to ligaturise as something like ſ when non-uppercase (where si~sj is still used); hard [c~k] before front vowels comes to be spelled with k, to disambiguate from [tʃ]; hyphens are lost from most compounds.
- Retroactively emended modern "w" to the runic Wynn (ƿ); only a single word is affected;
- Retroactively emended modern "g" to Yogh (Ȝ ȝ) where pronounced [ʒ]; continental "g" is used as an unambiguous [g].
- Fiath!
- Lo!
- ƿí
- we
- Ȝéarténas
- spear-Dane.GEN.PL
- in
- in
- Ȝiéartagan
- yore-days.DAT
- Sjút‐Kýningas
- king.GEN.PL
- Zrym
- glory.NOM
- ȝiefrýnen,
- hear_about.PL.PRET.
- Cý
- how
- ſás
- those.NOM
- Oideliȝgias
- prince.NOM.PL
- Éien
- bravery.ACC.PL
- frémeten.
- do.PL.PRET
/ˈfiatʰ ɥei ˈʒɜʊrˌtiɛ.nɑs | in ˈʒjɛɑrˌtɑʊ.gɑn ‖
ˈʃɘʊtˌcɛʏː.niŋ.ɡɑs | ˈsrym ʒji.ˈfrɛʏ.nɛ ‖
ˈtʃɛʏ ʃɑʊs ˈɘɪ.dɛ.liŋ.ʒjɑs | ˈɛɪ.jɛn ˈfriɛ.mɛ.tɛ/
Lo! We of Spear-Danes in days of yore,
of the fame of the kings, have heard,
how those nobles did great deeds.
