Note 45 — Chapter XI · THE FOREIGNER
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ME. knowleche, stonës [stɔ·nes], off, with [wiþ] become MnE. knowledge, stones [stounz], of [ɔv, əv], with [wið], etc.; cf. also possess, discern with [z], exert with [gz], but exercise with [ks]. See my Studier over eng. kasus, 1891, 178 ff., now MEG i. 6. 5 ff., and (for the phonetic explanation) LPh p. 121.