§ i59] Liquids and Nasals 75 m. Goth, mēna, O.Icel. mane, OE. mōna, OS. OHG. māno, moon; Goth. OE. guma, O.Icel. gume, OS. gumo, OHG. goæo, man; Goth. O.Icel. OS. OHG. nam, / took; and similarly mēl, time ; manna, man; niman, to take. NOTE.—Medial -mn- became -tin· which remained when the preceding syllable began with a voiceless consonant, but became -fn- by dissimilation when the preceding syllable began with a voiced consonant, as witubni. knowledge; fastubni, observance, fasting; fráistubni, temptation; stibna, voice, cp, OHG. stimna; wnnđeíai, wound, plague; waldufni, power, might. See § 386. In namnjan, to name; namni, of names, the -ran- was re-introduced after the analogy of namS, namins, &c. n. Goth. OE. ntoan, O.Icel. nema, OS. OHG. neman, to take; Goth, sunus, OE. OS. OHG. sunu, O.Icel. sunr, son; Goth. O.Icel. karm, OS. OHG. kan, OE. can(n), / know; and similarly nahts, night; mēna, moon; anþar, other ; manna, man; rinnan, to run ; pret. rann, / ran. NOTE.— ·ηη· became -n- before consonants except j, as kant, thou knowest, beside kann, inf. kannjan, to make known; mins (adv.) from 'minniz, less, beside adj. minniza, less, q. On the representation of Germanic q in Gothic, see § 17. It only occurred before k, q and g, as briggan, OE. OS. OHG. bringan, to bring; drigkan, OE. drincan, OS. drinkan, OHG. trincan, to drink; and similarly figgrs, finger; gaggan, to go ; þagkjan, to think ; sigqan, to sink; pret. sagq, he sank, r. Goth, ráuþs, O.Icel. rauþr, OE. read, OS. rod, OHG. rot, red; Goth, harjis, OE. here, OS. OHG. heri, army; Goth. OS. fadar, O.Icel. faðir, OE. fæđer, OHG. fater, father; and similarly raíhts, right; razn, house; barn, child; baúrgs, city; swaran, to swear; daúr, door; Ráwōr,/our; faírra (adv.), far. § 159. 1, m, n, r, preceded by an explosive or spirant, became vocalic in unaccented syllables after the loss of