2. Palatal mutation (i-umlaut) The essence of this change is that a back sound, a or o, changes its quality if there is a front sound in the next syllable. Especially frequent are the changes in the roots of the verbs influenced by the i-sound of the suffix of the infinitive -ian (the suffix lost its front sound in the same process, and in the Old English we have already the result of this change, not seeing the cause of it)
a > æ; a > e wakjan - waæccan (to observe, to be awake) sandian - sendan (to send) talian - taslan - tellan (to tell)
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