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In:Early Germanic Languages in Contact
Edited by John Ole Askedal and Hans Frede Nielsen †
[NOWELE Supplement Series 27] 2015
► pp. 261–276

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The Vowel Systems of Old English, Old Norse and Old High German Compared

Published online: 11 June 2015
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