§§73-5] Short Vowels of Accented Syllables 29 OE. gebunđen, OS. gibundan, OHG. gibuntan, O.īcel. bunđenn. See § 4O. t§78. Germanic u became broken to ο (written au) before rand h, as Goth, saúhts, OS. OHG. suht, Germanic stem suhtí-, sickness· Goth, waárms, OS. OHG. wurm, OE. wyrm, stem wurmi·, serpent, worm; Goth, waúrkjan, OHG. wurken, to work; Goth, waúrþun, OE. wurđon, OS. wurdun, OHG. wurtun, O.Icel. urðo, they became, Goth. inf. waírþan (§ 303); Goth, taúhun, OE. tugon, OHG. zugun, they drew, pulled; Goth. inf. tiuhan (§ 3O1). NOTE.—u was not broken to aú before r which arose from older s by assimilation, as ur-runs, a running out; ur-reisan, to arise (§ 175 note 3). It is difficult to account for the u in the enclitic particle -uh, and; and in the interrogative particle nuh, then. B. THE LONG VOWELS or ACCENTED SYLLABLES.
			§ 74. The a, which arose from a according to § 69, remained in Gothic, as hāhan, to hang; faúrahāh (faúrhāh), curtain, veil, lit. that which hangs before; gahāhjō (av.), in order, connectedly; brāhta, he brought, inf. briggan ; gafāhs, a catch, haul, related to gafāhan, to seize; fram-gāhts, progress, related to gaggan, to go; bāhō, clay; unwāhs, blameless.
				§ 75. Germanic æ ( = OE. æ, OS. OHG. O.Icel. a) became ē in Gothic, as Goth, ga-dēþs, OE. đæđ, OS. dad, OHG. tat, deed; Goth, mana-sēþs, multitude, world, lit. man-seed, OE. sæd, OS. sad, OHG. sat, seed; Goth, ga-redan, to reflect upon, OE. ræđan, OS. rāđan, OHG. rātan, O.Icel, rāða, to advise; Goth, bērum, OE. bæron,