Consonants V

There is written evidence for deletion of /v/ in medial and final position, possibly in low-stressed or unstressed syllables. This is paralleled for F. Examples include Bm/BC <gi’/gie>  give; Bm <gin> given; WM <ne’er/nare> never, <nerrun> never a one (compare other dialect or archaic forms like nary (a one), ne’er), BC <o’> of, <gimme> give me, <atta> have to.