| 1 | Obviously, at one time its long i was replaced with long closed e, a process usual in southern dialects before r, but not in the north. | |
| 2 | There were two long e's: closed (approximately as in pet) and mid-open (approximately like e in where), but having greater duration than in those modern words. |
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