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Medieval Thedas: Shifts in Old English →
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During the 6th Century, for reasons which are still unclear, the Anglo-Saxon consonant cluster “sk” changed to “sh”, so that skield became shield. This change affected all “sk” words in the language at that time, whether recent borrowings from Latin (e.g. disk became dish) or ancient…
