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THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE (c. 1370) - Pearson

250 Chapter Eight These Old English sentences differ from their Modern English counterparts in many respects. In terms of pronunciation, for instance, the Old English word hām [haːm] ‘home’ in the sec- ond sentence became [hɔːm] in Middle English, and then [howm] in Modern English.

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