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16 Phonology [§§ 34-5

the chief accent; a change which was mostly brought about by the compound and simple verb existing side by side. This accounts for the difference in the accentuation of such pairs as ándahafts, answer: andháfjan, to answer; ándanēms, pleasant: andníman, to receive.

§ 84. As has been stated above, compound words, whose second element is a noun or an adjective, had originally the chief stress on the first syllable. This simple rule was preserved in Gothic, as frakunþs, OE. fracuþ, despised; gaskafts, OHG. gascaft, creation; unmahts, infirmity; ufkunþi, knowledge; usfilh, burial; akranaláus, without fruit; allwalđands, the Almighty; brūþfaþs, bridegroom; gistradagis, to-morrow; láushandja, fiupty-handed; twalibwintrus, twelve years aid; þiudangardi, kingdom. But in compound verbs the second element had the chief stress, as atlagjan, to lay on; duginnan, to begin; frakun-nan, to despise; gaqiman, to assemble; usfulljan, to fulfil. When, however, the first element of a compound verb was separated from the verb by one or more particles, it had the chief stress, as gá-u-rua-sēhri, Mark viii. 23; đíz-uh-þan-sat, Mark xvi. 8.



		16 Phonology [§§ 34-5 the chief accent; a change which was mostly brought about by the compound and simple verb existing side by side. This accounts for the difference in the accentuation of such pairs as ándahafts, answer: andháfjan, to answer; ándanēms, pleasant: andníman, to receive. § 84. As has been stated above, compound words, whose second element is a noun or an adjective, had originally the chief stress on the first syllable. This simple rule was preserved in Gothic, as frakunþs, OE. fracuþ, despised; gaskafts, OHG. gascaft, creation; unmahts, infirmity; ufkunþi, knowledge; usfilh, burial; akranaláus, without fruit; allwalđands, the Almighty; brūþfaþs, bridegroom; gistradagis, to-morrow; láushandja, fiupty-handed; twalibwintrus, twelve years aid; þiudangardi, kingdom. But in compound verbs the second element had the chief stress, as atlagjan, to lay on; duginnan, to begin; frakun-nan, to despise; gaqiman, to assemble; usfulljan, to fulfil. When, however, the first element of a compound verb was separated from the verb by one or more particles, it had the chief stress, as gá-u-rua-sēhri, Mark viii. 23; đíz-uh-þan-sat, Mark xvi. 8.

			CHAPTER II THE PRIMITIVE GERMANIC EQUIVALENTS OF THE INDO-GERMANIC VOWEL-SOUNDS § 35. The parent Indo-Germanic language had the following vowel-system:— Short vowels a, e, i, o, u, 9 Long „ a, ē, ī, ō, ū Short diphthongs ai, ei, oi, au, eu, ou Long „ āi, ēi, ōi, āu, ēu, ōu Short vocalic 1, m, n, r