§§ 174-5] Sibilants 81 þ in inflexion, as inf. belđan, to abide, await; ana-biuđan, to command; biđjan, to pray, beside pret. sing, báiþ,-báuþ, baþ; gen. sing, gðđls, háubidis, nasidis, beside nom. sing, gōþs, good, háubiþ, head, nasiþs (pp.), saved. NOTE.—In occasional forms like bad, -baud, gods, god, beside the regular forms bab, -báub, gobs, gōþ, the d had been transferred from forms where it was regular, Medial đ (written d) remained after vowels, as fađar, father; beidan, to abide, await; fidwōr, four; mlđjis, middle; fadrein, paternity, parents. See § 133. SIBILANTS.
			§174. Germanic s remained in Gothic, as slēpan, OE. slæpan, OS. slāpan, OHG. slāfan, to sleep; wisan, O.Icel. vesa, OE. OS. OHG. wesan, to be; hūs (in gud-hūs, house of God], O.Icel. OE. OS. OHG. hūs, house; and similarly sanđjan, to send; sibun, seven ; sitan, to sit; ganisan, to become whole; lisan, to gather; aúhsa, ox; hals, neck; was, / was. z § 175. z only occurred medially and finally in prim-Germanic (§§ 137, 141). Medial z, which became r in the other Germanic languages, generally remained in Gothic, as huzd, OE. OS. hord, OHG. hort, treasure; máiza, OE. māra, OS. mēra, OHG. mēro, more, greater; and similarly azgō, ash, cinder; razđa, speech; mizdō, pay, reward; alþiza, older ; hazjan, to praise ; talzjan, to instruct. NOTE.—In the forms of strong verbs, medial z was supplanted by 8 through the levelling out of the s-forms, e. g. kusum, kusans for *kuzum, *kuzans, after the analogy of kiusan, káus, &c., see § 137. z was also supplanted by » in several weak verbs, which in 1187 G