un, traine, tr
en, etc.For example:
| tak | "tak" anywhere in the form | stak, stakeren, tak, taket, thistel-tak, etc. |
| ^tak$ | the beginning of a form, followed by "tak", and the end of the form | tak |
| tak$ | "tak" at the end of a form | psitak, stak, tak, thistel-tak |
| t[aeiou]k | "tak", "tek", "tik", "tok", "tuk", anywhere in a form | paletik, pot-stikke, puttok, reumatik, etc. |
| tr(ai|ea|ee|ou)n | "train", "trean", "treen", or "troun" anywhere in a form | quistrun, traine, tren, etc. |
| t.*aunce | "t" followed by zero or more of any character then "aunce" anywhere in a form | pastaunce, repentauncer, staunce, trauncen, etc. |
| th.+d | "th" followed by one or more characters, then a "d" anywhere in a form | spothed, thenneward, therfed, thrudden, etc. |
| th.?g | "th" followed by one or zero characters, then a "g" | prothogol, thiggen, thogth, etc. |
Combinations of these above are also possible:
| ^tr[aeiou]+t$ | "tr" followed by one or more of any of a, e, i, o, or u, and then t, as the complete form (anchored at beginning and end) | trait, trot, trut, |
| qu(e)*(n)+ | "qu" followed by zero or more "e" followed by one or more "n" anywhere in a form | persequent, quench, qune, squenchen, etc. |
| m(ai|ae|a|e)ne?$ | words ending in "m" followed by one of "ai", "ae", "a", or "e", followed by "n", followed by zero or one "e" | permain, Pigmaine, regimen, spatimene, travailinge-man, etc. |
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