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English after the Norman Conquest, causing a considerable re-spelling of the Old English words. Thus, while Old English candel, clif, corn, crop, and cú, remained unchanged, cent, cæ? (ce?), cyng, brece, and seoce, were now (without any change of sound) spelled Kent, ke?, kyng, breke, and seoke; even cniht was subsequently changed to kniht, and þic was changed to thik or thikk. The Old

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