this produced in Alderney, alter, bald, balderdash, false, falter, halt, malt, palsy, salt, Wald and Walter; in bold, cold, fold, gold, hold, molten, mould/mold, old, shoulder (earlier sholder), smolder, told, and wold (in the sense of "tract of land"). As with shall, the word shalt did not follow this trend, and remains today.

Before , this produced in balk, caulk/calk, chalk, Dundalk,