Rhymes in the texts indicate that:
* Words in Set 1 (-u) may be rhymed strictly with one another
* Set 1 (-u) may be rhymed loosely with Set 2 (-yw)
* Set 1 (-u) may be rhymed loosely with Set 3 (-uw)
* Set 2 (-yw) may be rhymed loosely with Set 3 (-uw)
| Rhyming words with stressed -u; this was historically pronounced [-'yː], but became diphthongized to [-'yʊ] (full list) |
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|---|---|---|
| du | AJ | black |
| Du | MN | November |
| hep-tu | AJ | neutral |
| lu | MN | army |
| nep-tu | AV | somewhere |
| tru | IJ | alas! |
| war-tu | PP | towards |
| tu | MN | direction |
| vu | MN | view | Rhyming words with unstressed -u; this was historically pronounced [-y], but became diphthongized to [-yʊ] |
| jujutsu | MN | ju-jitsu |
| luzu | CN | ashes |
| mamm-teylu | FN | matriarch |
| penn-teylu | MN | patriarch |
| teylu | MN | family |
| trevlu | MN | militia |
| Truru | NL | Truro |
| vertu | FN | virtue |
| Yesu | NP | Jesu |
There are 29 such rhyming pairs in the texts.
| Rhyming words with stressed -yw [-'ɪʊ], later lowered to [-'ɛʊ] (full list) |
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|---|---|---|
| byw | MN | flesh |
| byw | AJ | alive |
| dryw | AJ | gay |
| ryw | MN | kind |
| yw | 13 | is |
| yw | CN | yew | Rhyming word with unstressed -yw [-ɪʊ], later lowered to [-ɛʊ] |
| hedhyw | AV | today |
| Rhyming words with stressed -uw; this was pronounced approximately [-'œʊ], and was later unrounded to [-'ɛʊ]. |
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|---|---|---|
| Duw | NP | God |
| duw | MN | god |
| gluw | AJ | intense |
| guw | MN | lance |
| guw | MN | misery |
| pluw | FN | parish |
| ruw | MN | king |