Morsbach seems to regard Kentish as exceptional in its treatment ofintervocalic h, rather than in that of postconsonantal h.
It is only in the treatment of intervocalic h that Genesis A apparently shows a more archaic character than Beowulf.
It is quite incredible that only a few years should elapse between that stage and the total loss of intervocalic h seen in the charter.
A single instance of such a kind is totally insufficient ground for supposing that the Kentish dialect treated postconsonantal and intervocalic h differently.
Cases of absence of contraction after the loss of intervocalic -h- (e.
Morsbach holds that in Kentish intervocalic h was lost before postconsonantal h.
An intervocalic s or sh shows a tendency to become lisped and voiced to d.
Intervocalic g is sometimes retained but generally it has disappeared, whilst after r and l it is still written.
In the verba pura forms with and without the intervocalic glide {j} existed side by side in OHG.
In a few words forms with and withoutintervocalic {j (g)} existed side by side, as gen.
The /l/-less forms are most common in the areas which drop intervocalic /l/.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "intervocalic" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
