Plus, if we really want to get into it, the y in the nostril word—nosðyrlu—was pronounced like the cute and tricky u in French in words like lune. Old English had sounds like that; Modern English dumped them. And of course, here in our time none of this matters a whit. Modern English chucked most of what made Old English complicated, in fact. It happened when the Vikings invaded England, learned Old English badly because as adults they picked it up imperfectly, and then passed their rendition on to the kids they conceived with English-speaking women. But here we are, quite unashamed, even if
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