Note 104 — NOTE II. ON THE DATING OF CERTAIN SOUND-CHANGES IN ANGLO-SAXON.
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Prof. Morsbach further argues that even if my interpretation of unneg was correct it would prove nothing, since -u was probably lost after a long 'nebentonig' syllable earlier than after a long 'haupttonig' syllable. But neither the -gar of the Bewcastle inscription (cf. p. 70) nor the felt of the East Saxon charter can be admitted as evidence for this hypothesis.