OE sound system developed from PG sound system.
OE Word Stress/Accent:
1. fixed (can’t move either in form- or word-building and is usually placed on root or prefix);
2. dynamic(force, breath stress);
3.in Noun and Adjectivestress was mainly on the prefixif there was one:
E.g. ‘misdæd (misdeed), ‘uðζenζ (escape), ‘oreald (very old)
in Verbstress was mainly on the root even if there was a prefix:
E.g. a’risan (arise), mis’faran (go astray)
4.stress served to distinguish Noun from Verb (and still does):
E.g. ‘andswaru (N answer) – and’swarian (V answer)
‘onζin (N beginning) – on’ζinnan (V begin)
E.g. (modern English) – ‘present – pre’sent; ‘ally – al’ly.