Vowel-fracture
noun, Phonology.
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breaking1 .
noun
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Phonology. the change of a pure vowel to a diphthong, especially in certain environments, as, in Old English, the change of a vowel to a diphthong under the influence of a following consonant or combination of consonants, as the change of -a- to -ea- and of -e- to -eo- before preconsonantal r or l and before h, as in earm “arm” developed from arm, and eorthe “earth” from erthe.
noun
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(linguistics) (in Old English, Old Norse, etc) the change of a vowel into a diphthong
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