§§67-9] Short Vowels of Accented Syllables 27 t § 67. This i became broken to e (written a£) before r, h, and hr, as Goth, haírtō, OS. herta, OHG. herza, heart; Goth, aírba, OS. ertha, OHG. erda, earth; Goth, waírþan (§ 303), OS. werthan, OHG. werdan, O.Icel. verSa, to become; Goth, baíran (§ 305), OE. OS. OHG. beran, O.Icel. bera, to bear; Goth.raíhts, OS. OHG. reht, right; Goth, taíhun, OS. tehan, OHG. zehan, ten; Goth, saíh/an (§ 807), OS. OHG. sehan, to see. NOTE.—For nih, and not, from older *ni-hn=Lat. neque, we should expect *naih, but the word has been influenced by the simple negative ni, «ot. i § 68. Germanic 1 generally remained in Gothic, as Goth. fisks, OS. OE. fisc, OHG. fisk, O.Icel. fiskr,yísA; Goth. widuwō, OE. wiđewe, OS. wiđowa, OHG. wituwa, widow; Goth. OE. OS. witan, OHG. wi%%an, O.Icel. vita, to know; Goth, nimiþ, OE. nimeþ,OS. nimid, OHG. nlmit, he takes; Goth, bitum, OE. biton, OHG. bi??um, O.Icel. bitom, we bit, inf. Goth, beitan (§ 299), pp, Goth, bitans, OE. biten, OHG. gibi%%an, O.Icel. bitenn; Goth, bidjan, OE. biddan, O.Icel. biðja, OS. biddian, OHG. bitten, to pray, beg, entreat. See § 60. t§69. Germanic i became broken to e (written aí) before r, h, hr, as Goth, baíriþ, OS. biriđ, OHG. birit, he bears, cp. §6O (2), Goth. inf. baíran; Goth, maíhstus, OHG. mist (from *mihst), dunghill, cp. Mod. English dial, mixen; Goth, ga-taíhun, they told, OE. tigon, OHG. zigun, they accused, Goth. inf. ga-teihan (§ 299), pp. Goth, taíhans, OE. tigen, OHG. gi-zigan; Goth, laíhrum, OE. -ligon, OHG. liwum, we lent, inf. Goth, leihran (§ 299), pp. Goth, lattuans, OE. -ligen, OHG. giliwan, OS. -liwan. NOTE.—On the forms hiri, hirjats, hirjib, see note to Mark xii. 7.