THE PRONUNCIATION OF OLD ENGLISH: VOWELS

 Late Old English and the following vowels: *

 

Phonetic symbols showing the articulation of Old English vowels.

¹Some dialects/varieties written as “io”, replaced by written “eo”. Both are the same sound.
Also of note: early Old English contained the diphthong written as “ie”, later replaced by “y”.

The following chart shows the phonetic symbol for the Old English vowel, the phonetic symbol for a typical Modem English development of the vowel, and the typical spelling of the Modem English development according to the Modern English key words.