§§ 79-82] Long Vowels of Accented Syllables 31
(§ 8OO), OE. OS. OHG. stīgan, O.Icel. stīga, to ascend. Cp. §§ 6, β, 44, 48.
ō
§ 79. Germanic δ remained in Gothic, as Goth, fōtus, OE. OS. fōt, OHG. fuo%, O.Icel. fðtr./oot, cp. Gr. Doric TTois; Goth, flōdus, OE. OS. flōđ, OHG. fluot, O.Icel.flōð, flood, stream; Goth, brōþar, O.Icel brōðir, OE. brōþor, OS. brōoer, OHG. bruoder, brother; Goth. OE. OS. O.Icel. for, OHG. fuor, I fared, went, Goth. inf. faran (§ 309). Cp. §§ 42, 45.
t § 8O. The Germanic combination ōw became a long open o-sound (written au) before vowels, as Goth, sauil, sun, cp. OE. O.Icel. Lat. sol; Goth, staua, (masc.) judge, (fem.) judgment, stauiđa, I judged (mī. stōjan), cp. Lithuanian stoveti, to stand, O.Bulgarian staviti, to place; taui (gen. tōjis), deed; afdauidái, pp. masc. nom. pi. exhausted, inf. *afdōjan.
Here probably belong also bauan, to inhabit, OE. OHG. būan, to till, dwell; bnauan, to rub; trauan, OHG. trūēn, OS. trūōn, to trow, trust.
§ 81. The Germanic combination ōwj became ōj, as stōja, I judge, from *stōwjō, older *stōwljo; tōjis (from *tōwjis), gen. sing, of taui, deed.
§ 82. Germanic ū remained in Gothic, as Goth, bus (in guđ-hūs, temple], OE. OS. OHG. O.Icel. bus, house; Goth, rums, OE. OS. OHG. O.Icel. rum, room, related to Lat. rū-s (gen. rū-ris), open country; Goth, þūsundi, OE. būsenđ, OS. thūsundig, OHG. dūsunt, O.Icel. þūsund, thousand; Goth, fūls, OE. OHG. fūl, O.Icel. full, foul; Goth, ga-lūkan, to shut, close, OE. lūcan, OHG. lūhhan, O.Icel. lūka, to lock.
On the ū in forms like þūhta, it seemed, appeared;