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§ 162. Germanic j remained in Gothic : (i) Initially, as jaggs, OS. OHG. jung, young; jēr, year; juk, yoke. (2) Medially between vowels which remained as such in the historic period of the language, except in the combination æj-f vowel, as frijōnđs, friend; fijan, to hate ; ija (ace.), her; þrija (neut.), three; stōjan, to judge. For the treatment of æj in Goth, see § 78. (3) Medially between a consonant and a following guttural vowel which remained as such in the historic period of the language, as lēwjan, to betray; frawarđjan, to destroy; harjōs, armies; haírdjōs, shepherds; nasjan, to save; sōkjan, to seek. Cp. § 157.

§ 153. Medial -ij- became -I- before -s, older -z, after the loss of a vowel in final syllables, as nom. haírdeis from

*xirđij-az, shepherd; freis from *fríj-a.z,free; gasteisfrom

*jastij-iz, guests — Lat. hostēs from *hostejes.

Germanic -iji- from older -eje-, «ye- became i(j)i = ī after long closed stem-syllables and after unaccented syllables, but -ji- in other cases, as sōkeis, thou seekest, from

*sōki(j)izi = Indg. *sāgejesi; sōkeiþ, he seeks, from



		72 *Phonology* l§§ 152-3 guages developed an ο before this -w- which united with the preceding vowel to form a diphthong, or ū (when the preceding vowel was u). The conditions under which this sound-change took place have not yet been satisfactorily explained. The examples are:—Goth, bliggwan, OE. blēowan, OHG. bliuwan, to strike;* Goth, triggws, O.Icel. tryggr, OE. trīewe, OS. OHG. triuwi, true, faithful, cp. also Goth, triggwaba, truly, triggwa, covenant; Goth. glaggwus, exact, accurate,* O.Icel. glðggr, OE. glēaw, OHG. glau (inflected form glauwēr), wise,prudent; cp. also Goth, glaggwō (av.), diligently, glaggwuba (av.), diligently, accurately; Goth, skuggwa, O.Icel. skugg-sjā, mirror, OE. scūwa, OHG. scūwo, shade, shadow.

			\ § 162. Germanic j remained in Gothic : (i) Initially, as jaggs, OS. OHG. jung, young; jēr, year; juk, yoke. (2) Medially between vowels which remained as such in the historic period of the language, except in the combination æj-f vowel, as frijōnđs, friend; fijan, to hate ; ija (ace.), her; þrija (neut.), three; stōjan, to judge. For the treatment of æj in Goth, see § 78. (3) Medially between a consonant and a following guttural vowel which remained as such in the historic period of the language, as lēwjan, to betray; frawarđjan, to destroy; harjōs, armies; haírdjōs, shepherds; nasjan, to save; sōkjan, to seek. Cp. § 157. § 153. Medial -ij- became -I- before -s, older -z, after the loss of a vowel in final syllables, as nom. haírdeis from xirđij-az, shepherd;* freis from fríj-a.z,free; gasteisfrom jastij-iz, guests — Lat. hostēs from hostejes. Germanic -iji- from older -eje-, «ye- became i(j)i = ī after long closed stem-syllables and after unaccented syllables, but -ji- in other cases, as sōkeis, thou seekest,* from sōki(j)izi = Indg. sāgejesi; sōkeiþ, he seeks, from