v.
O.N. v
regularly becomes w: welter, witter,
ware,
werr, wicht, etc.
O.N. v
is represented by v in vath, vittirly,
vyndland,
all in Bruce.
An
epenthetic v appears after o (u)
in crove,
rove,
unrufe.
eth, þ
O.N. eth,
þ quite regularly > th: baith,
bletherb,
raith, buith, degraith, firth,
garth,
graith, ithand, lythe, mythe,
hething,
harth, grith, gyrth, waith,
vath,
sleuth, tath, skaith, wandreth,
etc.
O.N. eth
> d medially and finally in eident,
ydlanlie,
heid, red, duds, stud.
O.N. eth
is lost in mauch.
O.N. þ
initially remains in thrist, thra, thraif,
tha,
thir, thwaite, wan-threvin.
þ
> t in tytt, tangle.
f.
O.N. f
initially always remains.
Medially
and finally f remains in cloff, nefe,
lufe,
laif.
Medially
and finally f > v in: nieve,
nevin,
rive,
lave, crave.
O.N. f
> th in scarth (O.N. skarfr).
An
epenthetic f appears in unrufe (v?).
s.
O.N. s
regularly remains s.
s
> ch in chyngill (?).
sk.
O.N. sk
= sk initially medially and finally: skar,
sker,
skewit, skill, skugg, skrech,
skant,
scait, scool, scratch, scarth,
skait,
skail, scud, scudler, script,
skyle,
skeigh, busk, bask (dry), harsk,
harskness,
forjeskit, mensk(?).
O.N. sk
> sh finally in dash (?).
sk
> sh before a guttural vowel in shacklet
(?),
and
schore (?).
O.N. sk
before i ([-i]) > sh in shiel.
Cp.
skyle above.
sk
> s finally in mense.
h.


