two appear together in rhyme in Barbour. Their graphic
representation is _a_, _ai_, _ay_. The sound in Barbour is probably
_ǣ_ or _ę̄_. In "Wallace" Fr. _entré_ is also written
_entray_, _entra_. Fr. _a_ and _ei_ and Eng. diphthong _ai_ (< _æg_)
rhyme regularly with Sco. _a_, _ay_, _ai_, from O.E. _ā_. On O.E.
and O.N. _ā_- and M. Sco. _ē_-sounds in general see Curtis,
§§1-165.


16. CURTIS'S TABLE.

The following (see Curtis §§144-145) illustrates the development of
O.E. _ă_, and _ā_, in England and Scotland:

1. Central Scotland. {O.E. _ă_}
{ } > an _ē_-vowel.
{O.E. _ā_}

2. S. Scotland and {O.E. _ă_}
Ellis's D. 31* { } > _ē_ > an _i_-
in England. { } fracture in
{O.E. _ā_} the mdn. diall.

{ > an _ē_-vowel.
3. The rest of Northern { O.E. _ă_ { > _ē_, later
England and Midland. { { _Ä«_-fracture in
{ { D 25, 26, 28, 29.
{
{ O.E. _ā_ > _ō_ or _ū_,
with fracture.