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**''rīsɴ'' ‘to rise’ [riː.zn̩]
**''rīsɴ'' ‘to rise’ [riː.zn̩]
**''æsʌ'' ‘donkey’ [ɛ.zl̩]
**''æsʌ'' ‘donkey’ [ɛ.zl̩]
'''v''': The letter v has two pronunciations.
*It is pronounced [w] before a back vowel (o, å, ō, u, or ū) or after a labiovelar consonant (q, ʒ, or ƕ).
**''vōðþ''  ‘wrath’ [woːθ]
**''vunðþ'' ‘happiness, joy’ [wʊnθ]
**''naɧventʀ'' ‘next winter’ [naux.wɛnt.r̩]
*In all other instances, it is pronounced as [v].
**''varm'' ‘warm’ [varm]
**''vruðþ'' ‘word’ [vrʊθ]
'''ðþ''', '''vf''': The letters ð and v become unvoiced at the end of a word or before another unvoiced consonant (see Obstruent Devoicing), but when they occur word- or word-segment-finally, the voiced consonants remain in the orthography.
'''ðþ''', '''vf''': The letters ð and v become unvoiced at the end of a word or before another unvoiced consonant (see Obstruent Devoicing), but when they occur word- or word-segment-finally, the voiced consonants remain in the orthography.


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