Updates and news

14/07/23

I have substantially rewritten the pages on the simplification of noun paradigms and adjective paradigms in Early Middle English. I've also updated the eME spelling to distinguish the sounds /dʒ/ and /gg/ throughout the site, including the glosses and etymologies.

30/04/23

I have substantially rewritten the page on optional eME grammar. I've also changed the marker of long vowels in eME from a macron to an acute accent and the eME letter representing /j/ from <y`> (yogh) to <y%> (insular 'g') throughout the pages under eME language and OE to ME.

3/04/23

I have added two entries for Dec 2019 to Aþelwines diary (weblog), together with amendments to the attached wordhord to deal with the various rooms of a modern house or apartment.

15/03/23

I added a new entry to normalisation 5: issues, which deals with syncope and vowel shortening in the preterites of verbs with stems ending in a dental (<t> and <d>). This will probably be moved to simplification of verb paradigms when current work in that page is complete.

05/01/23

Today I released an updated preview of the first chapter of Audrey and the Attercop (Englisc buten tæres). Note - this is a substantially rewritten version of the previous draft.

29/01/22

I have finalised the list of 800 words on which Englisc buten tæres will be based. Preparations for the launch continue. See also significant revisions to normalisation 1: principles, normalisation 3: grammar, simplification of verb paradigms and simplification of noun paradigms i.a.

20/06/21

Updated links to The Ormulum Project and Nils-Lennart Johannesson's pages on East Midland dialect features and Phonology (formerly housed at the Orrmulum Project).