| Rhymes in stressed -eun [-'œːn] (full list) |
||
|---|---|---|
| beun | 36 | we were |
| eun | AJ | correct |
| deun | 75 | let us come! |
| greun | CN | grain |
| keun | PL | dogs |
| keun | CN | reeds |
| kreun | MN | reservoir |
| leun | AJ | full |
| reun | MN | hair |
| reun | MN | seal |
| war-eun | AV | directly |
Unstressed /-œn/ had been unrounded to /-ɛn/ by the 13th century,
so does not feature in Middle Cornish rhymes.
Stressed /-œn/ was unrounded later,
so historic /-œn/ also appears as -en, for which see ℛen.
The following 2 pairs are attested:
| beun | RD.0169 | fuen | ≡ | keun 'dogs' | RD.0172 | kuen |
| beun | BK27.16 | ven | ≡ | leun | BK27.17 | lvn |
Note also at BM.1968 ruen (= reun 'hair'),
forming a poor rhyme with gwyn (= gwin 'wine').