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syllabic
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syllabic
1. denoting a kind of verse line based on a specific number of syllables rather than being regulated by stresses or quantities
2. (of plainsong and similar chanting) having each syllable sung to a different note


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Sievers' original formulation of the law concerned allophonic variation of (some of) the resonants in the E parent language, which were assumed to be unspecified for syllabicity, the vocalic variants interchanging with their consonantal counterparts in accordance with the environment, in particular in line with the weight of the preceding syllable.
Old English reflexes of Sievers' Law by Adamczyk, Elzbieta / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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