rnonotogy [§ 9 enemy. Examples are: gartenære, gardener, schepfære, creator, schribsere, scribe. küneginrie, queen, vriundinne, female friend, wirtinne, mistress. edelinc, so« of a nobleman, hendelinc, glove, vingerlinc, ring; muedinc, unhappy man. magedin, little girl, vingerīn, ring; kindelīn, little child, vogelin, little bird. hindernisse, hindrance, Verderbnisse, destruction, vin- sternisse, darkness, vancniisse, captivity. be?z;erunge, improvement, handelunge, action, mëldunge, announcement. himellsch, heavenly, irdisch, earthly, kindisch, childish, beside -esch. heilic (OHG. heilag), holy, honic (OHG. honag, honig), honey, kttaic {OHG. cuning, cunig), king, manic (OHG. manag}, many a, sælic (OHG. sālīg), blessed, beside -ec, oberist beside oberest, highest. kumbersal, distress, trüebsal, gloom, wëhsal beside wëhsel, change. bitterlich, bitterly, sicherlich, surely, wīslīch, wisely, beside -lieh. Dietrich, Heinrich, beside -rich. The OHG. pronominal ending of the nom. sing. fern, and the nom. ace. pi. neuter remained unweakened, as OHG. blintitt = MHG. blindiu (§ 55). 2. THE Loss OF UNACCENTED VOWELS. § 9. The weakened e regularly disappeared :— i. After 1 and r in dissyllables with short stems, as ar, older are (OHG. aro), eagle, ace. gen. dat. am, beside name, name, namen; wol, older wole (OHG. wola), well; gar (OHG. garo), ready, milch (OHG. millh), milk, zal (OHG. zala), number; kit, quill, gen. kil(e)s, dat. kil,