pronunciations have in most instances changed): hit it," he he,' hữ 'they, him 'hin. We can see in the verb to be the singular past tense inflection -e (ware) and the plural past tense inflection -on (wäron).

Content Words There is greater difference between Old English and Modern English in nouns, verbs, and adjectives than in function words, but some of this strangeness is due to inflections (mannum the dative plural of 'man') and much of it to spelling differences resulting from orthographic practice or pronunciation. Thus we can see in the words Englisce, stræt, bing, menn, and nama the earlier forms of the nouns English, street, thing, men, and name. In brohton, behold, sæde, and wäre are the etymons of the modern verbs brought, beheld, said, and were. Among other words that still exist today are hwæder 'whether, hũ 'how, cristen 'Christian,' and häden 'hea- then. A few others are not quite so transparent, but they can trigger a flash of recognition once the connection is pointed out: rihtice rightly,' cwæð 'quoted,' heofonum 'heaven, engla 'angel.'