1137] Verner's Law 63 OE. OS. -tig, OHG. -zug, Goth. pi. tigjus, decade; Skr. saptá, Gr. ίιττά, Goth, sibun, OE. seofon, OS. sibun, OHG. sibun,s«/í«; prim. Germ, 'jurjgás, Goth, juggs,OS. OHG. jung, young, beside Goth, jūhiza from *jurjxizo, younger (§§ 63, 142); Gr. cuos from *σκυσόβ, Ο Ε. snorn, OHG. snura, daughter-in-law ; OHG. haso beside OE. hara, hare; Goth, áusō beside OE. ēare, ear. The combinations sp, st, sk, ss, ft, fs, hs, and ht were not subject to this law. NOTE.—The prim. Germanic system of accentuation was like that of Sanskrit, Greek, &c., i. e. the principal accent could fall on any syllable; it was not until a later period of the prim. Germanic language that the principal accent was confined to the root-syllable. See § 32. t § 137. From what has been said above it follows that the interchanging pairs of consonants due to Verner's law were in prim. Germanic : f—15, þ—đ, s—z, χ—g, χνν—gw. In Gothic the regular interchange between the voiceless and voiced spirants in the forms of strong verbs was, with two or three exceptions, given up by levelling out in favour ofthe voiceless spirants. In this respect the West-Germanic languages show an older stage than Gothic. f—ft. Goth, þarf, / need, pi. þaúrbum; OHG. heffen, to raise, huobun, gihaban, but Goth, hafjan, hōfum, hafans. þ—đ. Goth, fraþjan, to understand, frōdei (d=đ), understanding ; OE. weorþan, to become, wurdon, worden, but Goth, waírþan, waúrþum, waúrþans; OE. snīþan, to cut, sniđon, sniđen, but Goth, sneiþan, snibum, sniþans. s—z. Prim. Germ. *káusō, / test, pret. ι pi. *kuzumí, pp. *kuzaná·; OE. cēosan, to choose, curon, coren, but Goth, kiusan, kusum, kusans. The West-Germanic languages and Old Norse regularly developed this z to r. Cp. also Goth, áusō, ear, beside OE. ēare, OS. OHG. ōra, O.Icel. eyra. χ—5. Goth, áih, I have, pi. áigum (g=g); Goth, fahēþs,