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I came across a cover version of "Bad Apple", where the singer uses a more
traditional style than the original song, including a translation of the
(modern) lyrics into more archaic/poetic language.

In [one part of the song](https://youtu.be/tfOsEKtyXlo?t=1m7s), I heard what
sounds like 「まわりて」, although the lyrics on-screen say 「まはりて」. The
corresponding line from the original (in modern language) is 廻って【まわって】, which
looks like it's related, although I'm not quite sure what's going on. In both
versions, the preceding word is クルクル.

So, what I'm wondering:

  * Am I correct in assuming that まはりて is an archaic form of 廻って?
  * Why does it seem to use -りて as the て form? Is the って ending for verbs ending in る a modern trait?
  * In any case, is it normal for an archaic は to be pronounced as a modern わ? Or, is that 3 morphemes, 「ま」 and (particle) 「は」 and a verb 「りて」? ([later on](https://youtu.be/tfOsEKtyXlo?t=1m31s), I do hear 「ハラハラ」, so I suspect that might be the particle 「は」, but I'm not sure)
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Is まはりて an archaic form of 廻って, and how is it broken down grammatically?
* Yes, you are. It is.

  * Between Middle and Modern Japanese, there were several sound changes affecting verb forms with て and た. One of these is a change of *-rit- to -tt-. Notice how て and た just attach to the plain 連用形 for verbs with a 終止形 in す (eg 話して)? That used to be true for all verbs - やりて from やる, 学びて from 学ぶ, etc.

  * This is another sound change question, but it also touches on spelling. In Early Middle Japanese, the は行 kana were all pronounced with *ɸ (a sound like [f] but without your teeth); but between vowels, they changed to [w] sometime before Late Middle Japanese. The spelling was altered to reflect the change to [w] in 1946 for all cases except the topic marker. Before 1946 (but after the above *-rit- to -tt- change), 廻って would have been written phonetically as まはつて.
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