172 Word-Formation [§§ 358-67 §368. and·, mostly in verbs, anda-, only with nouns and adjectives (O.Icel. and-, OE. and-, onđ-, OS. and-, ant-, OHG. ant-, ent-, int-, cp. Skr. ánti, Gr. ά^τί, opposite, against, Lat. ante, before), as and-áugi,yā«; and-huleins, revelation; and-waírþi, presence.—anda-baúhts, ransom ; anda-hafts, answer; anda-nēms, pleasant; anda-nahti, evening; anda-staþjis, adversary; anđa-þāhts, circumspect; anda-wáurdi, answer. § 369. at- (O.Icel. OS. at-, OE. set-, OHG. a%-, at, to, Lat. ad, to), only in at-aþni, year; at-witáins, observation. § 360. bi- (OE. OS. be·, OHG. bi-, the unaccented form of OE. OS. OHG. bī, by), as bi-faíhō, covetousness; bi· háit, strife; bi-máit, circumcision ; bi-sitands, neighbour. § 361. dis- (probably borrowed from Lat. dis-, apart, asunder), only in dis-taheins, dispersion; dis-wiss, dissolution. § 362. fair- (OHG. fir-, far-, NHG. ver-, Skr. pári, Gr. περί, περί, around, Lat. per, through], only in faír-weitl, spectacle. § 363. faúr- (OE. OS. for, OHG. furi, for, before), as faúr-baúhts, redemption; faúr-hāh, curtain ; faúr-lageins, a laying before ; faúr-stasseis, chief ruler; § 364. faúra- (OE. fore, OS. OHG. fora, before, for], as faúra-daúri, street; faúra-gagga, steward; faúra-hāh, curtain; faúra-mableis, ruler; faúra-tani, sign, wonder. § 365. fra- (OHG. fra-, Lat. pro-, Gr. προ, before), as fra-gifts, gift, promise; fra-qisteins, ivaste; fra-lusts, loss; fra-waúrhts, sin ; fra-weit, revenge. § 366. fram- (O.Icel. OE. OS. OHG. fram·,/row), as fram-alđrs, very old; fram-gāhts, progress. § 367. ga- (OE. ge-, OS. gi-, OHG. ga-, gi·), originally a preposition meaning together, which already in prim. Germanic was no longer used as an independent word. It was especially used in forming collective nouns, but at a later period it often had only an intensive meaning or