spirant
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Fie for Shame; I can't forbear making Use of that Expression of the Satyrist, Tunc immensa cavi spirant mendacia folles.
From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius
The spirant th corresponding to O. N. ð, and O. E. d.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
It is classed as a surd spirant, its corresponding sonant spirant being v, which is distinguished from f by being pronounced with voice instead of breath, as may be perceived by pronouncing ef, ev.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
The Sco. garth has changed the original voiced spirant to a voiceless one.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
Waith, O. N. væiðr, has kept the spirant, but faid, a "company of hunters," has changed it to d.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
