1 (Lat. ol

22 OLD HIGH GERMAN PRIMER
-5 became -u, as biru from *bero = Gr. 4>e'pu>,
1 bear ;
instr.
sg. tagu from dago, by day.
-I became -i, as pret. subj. i. and 3. pers. sg.
nami beside
3. pers. pi. nftmin.
These short vowels then underwent the same further
development in OHG. as original short u and i.
See below.
2. a (=Indg. o and a), which was originally final or became
final through the loss of a following consonant, disappeared
in dissyllabic and polysyllabic forms already in prim. High
German.
u and i, which were originally final or became final through
the loss of a following consonant, disappeared in trisyllabic
and polysyllabic forms. They, as well as the u and i,
which
arose from the shortening of 6 and i, disappeared also in
dissyllabic forms when the first syllable was long, but remained
when the first syllable was short. The regular operation of
this law was often disturbed by analogical formations.
Regular forms were: OHG. weiz^Gr. otSa, / know;
OHG. nom. wolf from *wulfaz = Gr. XUKOS, wolf; OHG.
beran from *beranan, pre-Germanic *bheronom, to bear]
OHG. wei^=Gr. otSe, he knows; OHG. 3. pers. pret. sg.
kos, bant from *kausi, *bandi, pre-Germanic *gouse,
*bhondhe. OHG. ist=Gr. eon, is; OHG. gast from
*gastiz, guest='Lat. hostis; OHG. meri, sea, cp. Lat. pi.
mari-a; OHG. wini from *winiz, friend. OHG. tdd=
Goth, daujnis, death; OHG. fluot=Goth. flodus, flood.
OHG. fihu=Goth. faihu, Lat. pecus, cattle; OHG. nom.
sunu=Goth. sunus, son; OHG. situ = Goth, sidus, custom;
OHG. biru, Gr. epw,
/ bear. Then after the analogy of