Note In the West Germanic languages a new vowel (OHG. a) has developt from these vocalic liquids and nasals; e. g., OHG. akkar, fogal, zeihhan, OS. mêþom. Cp. ahd. gr., [§ 65], and Brgm., I, 190. 237.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] For the values of this sign according to 'Amended Spelling', s. 'Standard Dictionary', p. 568.
CHAP. III. TABLE OF THE GOTHIC VOWELS.
A. FONETIC SYSTEM.
§ [28]. In the preceding paragrafs the Gothic vowels hav been givn according to the letters by which they ar represented. Now they wil be arranged according to the nature of their sounds, the following scale of seven vowels from i to u being taken as a basis:
i e æ a ǫ o u.
e and o denote here the close e and o (which shade very much to i and u, respectivly); æ = open e (= a in fat, fare); ǫ = open o.
In the following survey we shal state after each of these vowel grades whether it occurs in Gothic, and by what letter it is exprest.