30 Phonology [§§ 76-8 OS. OHG. bārum, O.Icel. bārom, we bore, Goth. inf. baíran (§ 3O5); Goth, sētun, OE. sæton, OS. sātun, OHG. sā%un, O.Icel. sāto, they sat, Goth. inf. sitan (§ 308). t § 7Θ. The Germanic combination æj became áē (written al, the long vowel corresponding to aí) in Gothic before vowels. This ai was a long open e-sound like the áē in OE. slæpan or the vowel sound in English their. It occurs in very few words: as Goth, saian, OE. sāwan, OS. sāian, OHG. sāen, O.Icel. sā, to sow, Goth, waían, OE. wāwan, OHG. wāen (wājen). to blow; Goth. faianda, they are blamed. But in unaccented syllables the combination -æji- became -ál-, as habáis, thou hast, habáiþ, he has, from prim. Germanic 'xafcæjizi, *xat)· æjiđi. ē § 77. Germanic ē, which cannot be traced back phono-logically to Indo-Germanic ē (§ 43), is of obscure origin. In Gothic the two sounds fell together in ē, but in the other Germanic languages they are kept quite apart, cp. §§ 43, 75. Germanic ē appears in Gothic as ē (OE. OS. O.Icel. ē, OHG. ē, later ea, ia, ie). In Goth, it occurs in a few words only, as Goth. OE. OS. O.Icel. her, OHG. her (hear, hiar, hier), here; Goth, fēra, OHG. fēra (feara, fiara), country, region, side, part; Goth, mēs, OE. mēse (myse), OHG. meas (mias), table, borrowed from vulgar Lat. mesa, classical Lat. mēnsa. Cp. § 5. ī § 78. Germanic ī, written ei in Gothic, remained, as Goth, swein, OE. OS. OHG. swīn, O.Icel. svīn, pig, cp. Lat. su-īnu-s, pertaining to a pig · Goth, h/eila, a while, time, season, OE. hwíl, a while, OS. hwīla (hwīl), time, OHG. wīla (hwīl), time, hour, O.Icel. hvīl, place of rest; Goth, seins, OE. OS. OHG. sin, his; Goth, steigan