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CHAPTER VI

THE GERMANIC EQUIVALENTS OF THE
GOTHIC VOWEL-SOUNDS

A. THE VOWELS OF ACCENTED SYLLABLES.
i. Short Vowels.

§01. Gothic a = Germ, a, as fadar, father; akrs, field;

tagr,tear; gasts, guest; ahtáu, eight;

band, he bound; nam, he took; gaf,

he gave. Cp. § Θ6.
§ 02. Goth, aí = (i) Germ, e, as taíhun, ten ; faíhu, cattle;

saíhran, to see; baíran, to bear.

Cp. § 67.
= (2) Germ, i, as baíriþ, he bears ; þaíhum,

we throve, pp. þaíhans; laíhmm, we

lent, pp. laítuans. Cp. § 6Θ.
§ 03. Goth. 1 = (i) Germ. 1, as fisks, fish ; bitum, we bit,

pp. bitans; nimis, thou takest; bindan,

to bind. Cp. § 68.
— (2) Germ, e, as swistar, sister; hilpan,

to help; niman, to take · giban, ίο give,

pp. gibans. Cp. § 66.
§ Θ4. Goth, aú = (i) Germ, o, as waúrd, word · đaúhtar,

daughter; pp. taúhans, drawn. Cp.

§ 70.



		§§ 91-4] Vowels of Accented Syllables 39 from locative form anstēi, cp. Gr. πόληΐ; habáis, from xafcæ(j)iz(i)> thou hast, habáiþ, from xal5æ(j)iđ(i). he has,* NOTE.—Gen. sing, anstáis, of a favour, from Indg. -eīs, -oīs; baíráis, Gr. φέροΐΐ, Skr. bhárēs, than mayest bear, Indg. -ols; balrái, Gr. φέροι, Skr. bhárēt, he may bear, Indg. -out; gen. sing, sunáus, of a son, Indg. -eiis, -cms.

			CHAPTER VI THE GERMANIC EQUIVALENTS OF THE GOTHIC VOWEL-SOUNDS A. THE VOWELS OF ACCENTED SYLLABLES. i. Short Vowels. §01. Gothic a = Germ, a, as fadar, father; akrs, field; tagr,tear; gasts, guest; ahtáu, eight; band, he bound; nam, he took; gaf, he gave. Cp. § Θ6. § 02. Goth, aí = (i) Germ, e, as taíhun, ten ; faíhu, cattle; saíhran, to see; baíran, to bear. Cp. § 67. = (2) Germ, i, as baíriþ, he bears ; þaíhum, we throve, pp. þaíhans; laíhmm, we lent, pp. laítuans. Cp. § 6Θ. § 03. Goth. 1 = (i) Germ. 1, as fisks, fish ; bitum, we bit, pp. bitans; nimis, thou takest; bindan, to bind. Cp. § 68. — (2) Germ, e, as swistar, sister; hilpan, to help; niman, to take · giban, ίο give, pp. gibans. Cp. § 66. § Θ4. Goth, aú = (i) Germ, o, as waúrd, word · đaúhtar, daughter; pp. taúhans, drawn. Cp. § 70.