§§ 355-7] Word-Formation 171 láiba, remnant; ur-rists, resurrection; un-wītl, ignorance; drus,/a//; ga-kusts, test; nuta, fisher; saúhts, sickness; banđi, band; banđja, prisoner; dragk, drink; ga-filh, burial; ga-munds, remembrance: fulhsni, secret; sagqs, sinking; saggws, song; ur-runs, running out; þarba, poverty; barn, child; baúr, son; bērusjōs, parents ; ga-taúra, rent; ga-qumþs, assembly; qums, advent; skula, debtor; biđa, prayer; gabei, riches; giba, gift; ga-nists, salvation; ga-qiss, consent; hliftus, thief; mahts, might; wists, substance; wraks, persecutor; fraþl, understanding; ga-skafts, creation; slaúhts, slaughter; staþs, place; us-wahsts, growth; áihts, property; ga-háit, promise. 4. By means of various prefixes. Some of the forms given as prefixes below are in reality independent words forming the first element of compounds. They have been included among the real prefixes for purely practical purposes. It should be noted that the examples given below include both nouns and adjectives:— PREFIXES. § 355. af- from *aft- (O.Icel. OS. af-,OE. æf- (unaccented form of·), OHG. ab, Indg. *apo beside *ápo, Gr. άπό, άπο, off, from, aivay from], as af-drugkja, drunkard; af-ētja, glutton; af-guđei, ungodliness; af-gu)>s, godless; af-lageins, remission; af-lēts, forgiveness ; af-stass, a falling away. § 350. afar- (O.Icel. afar-, OHG. avar-, a deriv. of Indg. *ápo + the comparative suffix -er-os, after, cp. Skr. áparas, the latter; adv. aparám, later), as afar-đags, the next day ; afar-sabbatus, the first day after the Sabbath. § 357. ana- (OS. an-, OHG. ana-, OE. an-, accented form of on-, Gr. &vá, áva., on, upon), as ana-busns, command; ana-filh, tradition; ana-lageins, a laying on; ana-minds, supposition ; ana-qiss, blasphemy; ana-siuns, visible; ana-stōdeins, beginning; ana-waírþs, future. | |||