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! rowspan=2| '''''æ'''''
! '''''æ'''''
|   /æ/
|   /æ/
| When in an unstressed position.
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! rowspan=2| '''''ǣ'''''
|   /æː/
| When as an unstressed syllable.
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|   /eː/
|   /eː/
| colspan=2| When in a stressed position. The Germanic /æ/ was sometimes as misinterpreted as /eː/ by the Welsh, who disliked the sound, resulting in /æ/ > /eː/ when stressed. Stress and length were almost always related, denoted by a macron (¯).
| A unique change which arose after the merging of the Old English and Welsh, in which '''''ǣ''''' would change to /eː/ when as the stressed syllable. It is guessed that they speakers simply didn't like annunciating the /æː/ when also stressed.
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! '''''ǣ'''''
|   /æː/
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! '''''ae'''''
! '''''ae'''''
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