66 Phonology [§ «38 appear, beside pret and pp. Goth, þūhta, *þūhts, OE.þūhte, þūht, OHG. dūhta, gi-đūht; ι pers. pi. Goth, magum, OE. magon, OHG. magun (mugun), we may, can, beside pret. sing. Goth, mahta, OE. meahte, OHG. mahta, pp. Goth, mahts, cp. also Goth, mahts, OE. meant, OHG. maht, might, power; Goth, bugjan, OE. bycg(e)an, to buy, beside pret. and pp. Goth, baúhta, baúhts, OE. bohte, boht; Goth, briggan, OE. OHG. bringan, to bring, beside pret. and pp. Goth, brāhta, *brāhts, OE. brōhte, brōht, OHG. brāhta, brāht. t, þ, đ(đ)—ss, s. Goth, witan, OE. witan, to know, beside pret. Goth, wissa, OE. wisse, OHG. wissa (wessa), part. adj. Goth. *ga-wiss, OE. ge-wis(s), OHG. gi-wis(s), sure, certain; Goth, ga-hratjan, OE. hwettan, to sharpen, beside Goth, hrassei, sharpness, hrassaba, sharply; Goth, qiþan, to say, beside ga-qiss, consent · Goth, ana-biudan, to command, beside ana-busns (ana-būsns ?), commandment, from pre-Germ. *bhfitsni-, rt. bheuđh-; Goth, us-standan, to rise again, beside us-stass, resurrection. ss > s after long syllables and before r: Goth, háitan, to command, call, OE. hātan, to call, beside OE. háēs, from *haissi-, command; Goth. OE. •witan, to know, beside Goth, un-weis, unknowing, OE. OHG. wīs, wise, cp. Lat. vīsus; Goth, itan, OE. etan, to eat, beside OE. æs, OHG. as, carrion, cp. Lat. ēsum. Goth, guþ-blōstreis, worshipper of God, OHG. bluoster, sacrifice, cp. Goth. blōtan, to worship; OE. fōstor, O.I eel. fōstr, sustenance, cp. Goth, fōdjan, to feed. Instead of ss (s) we often meet with st. In such cases the st is due to the analogy of forms where t was quite regular, e. g. regular forms were Goth, last, thou didst gather, inf. lisan; slōht, thou didst strike, inf. slahan; OE. meaht, OHG. maht, thou canst, inf. OHG. magan; then after the analogy of such forms were made a pers.