1 (Lat. ol

1 6 OLD HIGH GERMAN PRIMER
Lat. septem, seven; OHG. flhu, Lat. pecu, cattle ;
OHG.
filu from an original form *pelu, much.
This law has many
exceptions due to new formations where the e was regular,
thus fehu beside fihu is due to levelling out the oblique stem
form, as gen. fehes, dat. lehe.
On the OHG. change of e to i in the general Germanic
and in the West Germanic
combination eww (= Goth, iggw)
combination eww from ewj, see 90.
On OHG. forms like lirnen, to learn, wissa, / knew, skif,
ship, skirm, protection, beside lernen, wessa. skef, skerm,
see 38.
In a few words e has become o through the influence
of a preceding w, as wola (adv.), well, wolta, / would,
worolt, world, beside wela, welta, weralt.
i
45. Germanic i remained in OHG., as OHG. fisk,
OS. OE. fisc, Goth, fisks, fish ;
OHG. wituwa, OS. widowa,
OE. widewe, Goth, widuwo, widow ; OHG. wisjgan, OS.OE.
Goth, witan, to know, OHG. bi^un, OE. biton, Goth,
bitum, we bit;
bitten.
pp. OHG. gibi^an, OE. biten, Goth, bitans,
O
46. Germanic o, which arose from an older u ( 39),
remained in OHG., as OHG. got, OS. OE. god, god; OHG.
tohter, OS. dohtar, OE. dohtor, daughter; pp. OHG.
gibotan, OS. gibodan, OE. geboden, offered,
OHG. inf.
biotan ( 177); pp. OHG. giholfan, OS. giholpan, OE.
geholpen, helped, OHG. inf. helfan ( 178); pp. OHG. OS.
giboran, OE. geboren, OHG. inf. be'ran ( 179), to bear;