Ellis Atlas survival of distinction between wr- and r- (original) (raw)

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Survival of the distinction between wr-and r-
This map shows the distribution of the survival of the distinction between ME /wr/ and /r/ in initial position.

●= wr-and r- distinct, ●= wr-and r-variably distinct, ●= wr-and r-the same

dt.- 3. wrong

cs.- 7. wrong
(c)wl.- 64. wrong, 133. wrote,498. write, 530. wrought, 699. wright

No distinction between wr-and r-is recorded in England in later sources. LAS3 records [vr] (or occasionally [wr]) in Shetland, Ross and Cromarty, Nairn, Moray, Banffshire, Aberdeenshireshire, Kincardineshire and Angus.