Rhyming ensemble ℛyw+

Guidelines for this extended ensemble

Rhymes in the texts indicate that:
* Words in Set 1 (-yw) may be rhymed with one another
* Set 1 (-yw) may be rhymed loosely with Set 2 (-iw)
* Set 1 (-yw) may be rhymed loosely with Set 3 (-u)
* Set 1 (-yw) may be rhymed loosely with Set 4 (-uw)
* Set 2 may NOT be rhymed with Set 3
* Set 2 may NOT be rhymed with Set 4

Set 1: Rhymes in -yw

Rhyming words with stressed -yw [-'ɪʊ],
later lowered to [-'ɛʊ] (full list)
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] (full list)
hedhyw AV today
meryw CN juniper

Rhyming pairs in the texts

There are 6 strict pairs with -yw.

Set 2: Rhymes in -iw

Rhyming words with stressed -iw [-'iʊ]
(full list)
biw CN cattle
diliw AJ colourless
diw NC two (f.)
gwiw AJ fit
Jiw MN Jew
liesliw AJ multicoloured
liw MN colour
liw MN flood
piw PN who
riw MN slope
siw MN bream
siw 13 follows
striw MN sneeze
striw 13 sneezes

Rhyming words with unstressed -iw [-iʊ]
(full list)
anwiw AJ unfit
arliw MN tint
arliw 13 tints
disliw AJ discoloured
kigliw AJ flesh-coloured
korfliw MN tattoo
kudhliw MN camouflage
kynliw MN paint primer
lisiw MN washing-powder
minliw MN lipstick
pursiw 13 pursues
skeusliw MN tinge
skeusliw 13 tinges
unnliw AJ monochrome

Set 3: Rhymes in -u

Rhyming words with stressed -u;
this was historically pronounced [-'yː],
but became diphthongized to [-'yʊ].
du AJ black
Du MN November
lu MN army
tru IJ alas!
tu MN direction
vu MN view
Rhyming words with unstressed -u;
this was historically pronounced [-y],
but became diphthongized to [-yʊ]
luzu CN ashes
virtu MN virtue
Yesu NP Jesu

Set 4: Rhymes in -uw

Rhyming words with stressed -uw;
this was pronounced approximately [-'œʊ],
and was later unrounded to [-'ɛʊ].
Duw NP God
duw MN god
gluw AJ intense
guw MN lance
guw MN misery
pluw FN parish
ruw MN king