| Rhyming words with stressed -ons [-'ɔns] from Old Cornish /-ɔnt/ (full list) |
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| bons | 37 | they were | ||||
| bons | 57 | may they be | ||||
| dons | 17 | they come | ||||
| drons | 17 | they bring | ||||
| gwrons | 17 | they do | ||||
| bons | 37 | they were | ||||
| hons | AV | yonder | ||||
| kons | FN | vagina | ||||
| pons | MN | bridge | ||||
| rons | 17 | they give | ||||
| ymons | 17 | they are | Rhyming words with stressed -ons /-ɔns/ from Middle English (full list) |
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| chons | MN | chance | ||||
| dons | MN | dance | ||||
| kons | MN | causeway | ||||
| nygromons | MN | necromancy | ||||
| stons | MN | stance |
Unstressed rhyming words in -ons include verbs in the 3rd person plural;
in the present, preterite and present subjunctive.
Those found in the texts are listed in the following table.
| Rhyming words with unstressed -ons [-ɔns] < Old Cornish /-ɔnt/ (rhymed in the texts) |
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|---|---|---|
| bydhons | 87 | they will be |
| devons | 17 | they grow |
| gallons | 57 | they may be able |
| gallsons | 37 | they were able |
| galsons | 37 | they went | Rhyming word with unstressed -ons /-ɔns/ from Middle English |
| eretons | MN | inheritance |
There are 5 clear rhyming pairs, as follows:
| bons | PC.2697 | fons | = | bydhons | PC.2698 | vethons |
| galsons | BM.1069 | galsons | ≡ | gallsons | BM.1070 | alsons |
| eretons | BM.1953 | eretons | ≈ | ymons | BM.1954 | ymons |
| nygromons | BK13.39 | nygromons | ≡ | dons | BK13.40 | dawns |
| devons | BK26.33 | tevons | ≡ | gallons | BK26.37 | allons |