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GRAMMAR 41
CHAPTER VIII
THE OHG. CONSONANTS IN
GENERAL.
88. Here will be given chiefly such remarks only as are
of importance for OHG. inflexions.
SIMPLIFICATION OF DOUBLE CONSONANTS
89. OHG. double consonants were simplified in the
following cases :
1. When they became final, as 181, hide, gen. felles; far,
lull, pi. farri ;
uninflected form grim, fierce,
inflected form
grimmer ; swimman, to swim, pret. sg. swam ; rinnan, to
run, pret. sg. ran; nom. sg. man, man, gen. mannes; e^an,
to eat, beside pret. sg. a^ ;
nom. sg. kus, kiss, gen. kusses ;
sprehhan, sprechan, to speak, pret. sg. sprah ;
&c.
2. Before other consonants, as kunnan, to know, pret. sg.
konda; kussen, to kiss, pret. sg. kusta; brennen, to burn,
pret. sg. branta &c.
;
3. Frequently medially after long vowels, as slafan beside
slaffan, to sleep; la^an beside la^zjan, to let, leave', lutar
beside luttar, pure &c.
;
The Semi-vowels.
W
90. On the representation of this sound in OHG.
manuscripts, see 7, under u and w.
Single w became vocalized to o if it came to stand at the