How some of English’s stranger spellings can now be explained, for example, the word Daughter comes from the Anglo-Saxon word Dohtor (pronounced how its spelt) which sounds incredibly familiar to the modern word we use now.
However, other words will sound completely strange, as the word has changed in usage or has been replaced in modern English by a word from a different language, for example, the word Temporary used to be known as læne.
The Anglo-Saxon alphabet has striking similarities to the modern English alphabet, with some differences. The Anglo-Saxon alphabet is as follows, a b c d e f g h i l m n p r s t u w x y ð þ æ with the letters j q v k and z missing.
Good observation on the spelling - you can add 'night' as an example as well. You found a very useful website for this research.
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