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OHG

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abbreviation

  1. Old High German

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Before a nasal + consonant, as OE. wind, OHG.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph

MHG. tohter, daughter; OE. bēodan, OHG. biotan, MHG. bieten, to offer; OE. dēad, OHG.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph

OE. tunge, OHG. zunga, MHG. zunge, tongue; OE. heorte, OHG. hërza, MHG. hërze, heart; OE. sealt, OHG.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph

Before other consonants when followed by an ī̆ or j in the next syllable, and further in OHG. when followed by an u in the next syllable, as OHG.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph

The old ‘Minor Declensions’ had begun to pass over into the vocalic, especially into the i- and a-, declensions in the oldest OHG.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph

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