These all aim at giving the phonetic value of the sounds. O.E., O.N.
_ā_ is represented by _ea_ or _eea_, indicating _i_-fracture. For
instance: _heam_, _steean_, _neam_, _geat_, _beeath_, _leath_ (O.N.
_laði_), _heeal_, _brea_ (O.N. _brā)_, _breead_ (O.E. _brād_,
not O.N. _bræi), greeay_, _blea_, etc. Those that have _a_, _ai_,
or _ay_, that is an _e_-vowel, and must consequently be derived from
the corresponding O.N. words, are the following:

BLAKE, _adj._ yellow, pale, O.N. _blæikr_.
BLAKEN, _vb._ to turn yellow, N.N. _blæikna_.
CLAME, _vb._ to adhere, O.N. _klæima_.
CLAM, _adj._ slimy, deriv.
CLAMING, _sb._ adhesive material, deriv.
FLAY, _vb._ to frighten, O.N. _fleya_.
FLAYTLY, _adv._ timidly, deriv.
HAIN, _vb._ to save, protect, O.N. _hegna_.
LAKE, LAIKE, _vb._ to play, O.N. _læika_, cp. O.E. _lācan_.
LAKEING, _sb._ a toy, deriv.
LAVE, _sb._ the remainder, O.N. _læifr_, cp. O.E. _lāf_.
RATE, _vb._ to bleach, whiten, O.N. _rōyta_. M.L.G. _roten_,
is out of the question, and *_reeat_ would be the form
corresponding to M.L.G. _raten_.
SLAKE, _vb._ to smear, daub, O.N. _slæikja_. O.L.G. _slikken_
does not correspond.
SLAKE, _sb._ a kiss, deriv., cp. O.N. _slæikr_.
SLAPE, _adj._ slippery, O.N. _slæipr_, cp. O.E. _slape_.
SLAPEN, _vb._ to make smooth, O.N. _slæipna_, but possibly
deriv. from _slape_.
SNAPE, _vb._ to restrain, O.N. _snöypa_.