[o]s}.

{h[u]s}, _house_, {t[u]sent}, _thousand_, {d[u]hte}, _it seemed_ = OHG.
{h[u]s}, {d[u]sunt}, {d[u]hta}.

{[ae]} is the umlaut of OHG. {[a]}, as {l[ae]re}, _empty_, {n[ae]me}, _thou
tookest_ = OHG. {l[a]ri}, {n[a]mi}.

{[oe]} is the umlaut of OHG. {[o]}, as {sch[oe]ne}, _beautiful_, {h[oe]her},
_higher_, {h[oe]ren}, _to hear_ = OHG. {sc[o]ni}, {h[o]hiro}, {h[o]ren} from
{*h[o]rjan} older {*hausjan}.

iu = (1) OHG. {iu} (diphthong), as {liute}, _people_,
{kiuset}, _he chooses_ = OHG. {liuti}, {kiusit}.

= (2) the umlaut of OHG. {[u]}, as {hiuser}, _houses_,
{briute}, _brides_ = OHG. {h[u]sir}, {br[u]ti}.

3. The diphthongs ei, ou, uo = the corresponding OHG. diphthongs, as
{bein}, _bone_, {leiten}, _to lead_, {schreip}, _I wrote_ = OHG. {bein},
{leiten}, {screib}.

{ouge}, _eye_, {houbet}, _head_, {bouc}, _I bent_ = OHG. {ouga},
{houbit}, {boug}.

{bruoder}, _brother_, {stuont}, _I stood_, {vuor}, _I went_ = OHG.
{bruoder}, {stuont}, {fuor}.

ie = (1) OHG. {ie} (diphthong) older {ia}, {ea, [e]} (Germanic {[e]}),
as {hier}, _here_, {miete}, _pay, reward_, {gienc}, _I went_
= OHG. {hier}, {mieta}, {gieng}.

= (2) OHG. {io} (Germanic {eu}), as {bieten}, _to offer_, {liep},
_dear_ = OHG. {biotan}, {liob}.

= (3) the OHG. {io} which occurs in the preterite of the old
reduplicated verbs whose presents have {ou}, {[o], uo} (Sec. 87),
as inf. {loufen}, _to run_, {st[o][z]en}, _to push_, {ruofen},
_to call_, preterite {lief}, {stie[z]}, {rief} = OHG. {liof},
{stio[z]}, {riof}.

= (4) Upper German {iu} (OHG. {io}) before labials and gutturals,
as {liup}, _dear_, {tiuf}, _deep_, {siuch}, _sick_,
{liugen}, _to tell a lie_ = {liep}, {tief}, {siech},
{liegen}.

{[o:]u} ({eu}) is the umlaut of OHG. {ou}, as {l[o:]uber}, _leaves_,
{l[o:]ufel}, _runner_ = OHG. {loubir}, {loufil}.

{[u:]e} is the umlaut of OHG. {uo}, as {gr[u:]ene}, _green_, {g[u:]ete},
_goodness_, {v[u:]ere}, _thou didst go_ = OHG. {gruoni}, {guot[i]}, {fuori}.

UNACCENTED VOWELS AND UMLAUT.

Sec. 6.

The two most characteristic differences between OHG. and MHG. are: (1)
the spread of umlaut (Sec. 10); (2) the weakening and partial loss of vowels
in unaccented syllables.

1. THE WEAKENING OF UNACCENTED VOWELS.

Sec. 7.

The short vowels a, i, o, u, and the long vowels [e], [i], [o], [u] were
weakened to {e}. This {