jan 1, 1749 - cow, beef

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These are the modern versions of the words. What has changed here as compared to Middle English is the great vowel shift which was a series of changes to the English language where the vowel system changed drastically. This is incidentally also why words like through and though don't rhyme in modern English, the spelling has simply not been updated since this shift took place.

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