A Middle High German Primer
The present book has been written in the hope that it will serve as an elementary introduction to the larger German works on the subject from which I have appropriated whatever seemed necessary for the purpose.
Approx. 68,885 words.
}, to anoint, {zung[u]n}, tongues = MHG. {haben}, {sch[oe]ne}, {salben}, {zungen}. The {e} in this position was pronounced like the {-e} in NHG. {zunge}, {name}, {friede}, &c.
PHONETIC SURVEY OF THE MHG. VOWEL-SYSTEM.
Sec. 4.
Palatal { Short [a:], [e:], e, i, [o:], [u:]. { Long [ae], [e], [i], [oe], iu (= [u:]).
Guttural { Short a, o, u. { Long [a], [o], [u].
THE OHG. EQUIVALENTS OF THE MHG. VOWELS.
Sec. 5.
The following are the OHG. equivalents of the MHG. short vowels, long vowels and diphthongs of accented syllables:--
1. The short vowels a, [e:], e, i, o, u = the corresponding OHG. short vowels, as {tac}, day, {gast}, guest, {bant}, he bound, {gap}, he gave = OHG. {tag}, {gast}, {bant}, {gab}.
{w[e:]c}, way, {n[e:]men}, to take, {z[e:]hen}, ten = OHG. {w[e:]g}, {n[e:]man}, {z[e:]han}.
{geste}, guests, {lember}, lambs, {vert}, he go