Hythe
one of the Cinque Ports of England. In 1295 the French made a descent on Hythe, but were decisively repulsed. I I, i, the ninth letter and the third vowel in the English alphabet. It has long sound two principal sounds: (1) a , of one as in bind, find, and in all words wine, etc.; syllable ending in e, as in fine, , (2) a short sound, as in fin, bill, fill etc. three minor Besides these it has also sounds: (1) as in dirk, first, etc.; (2) , as in intrigue, mathe French sound chine, etc.; and (3) the consonantal by a vowel, sound of y, when followed , million, etc. With a in Christian digraphs, as in and e, i makes several wail, neigh, field, seize, friend; with o it forms a proper diphthong, as in oil. philologists called the A, i, and u are by them all the primitive vowels, and from sounds in the Aryan lanvarious vowel prefix I guage have been developed. As a , to reprei was used in Middle English sent the A. S. ge as in iwis = gewiss.
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