l
§ 46. Gothic =l= occurs often,--initially, medially, and finally;
as, =laggs=, _long_; =galaubjan=, _to believ_; =liuhaþ=, _light_;
=laúhmuni=, _lightning_; =wiljan=, _to wil_; =aljis=, '_alius_';
=blôma=, _flower_; --dubl =l=, as in =fill=, _hide_; =fulls=, _ful_;
=wulla=, _wool_.
NOTE 1. =l= is syllabic (§ 27), for exampl, in =fugls=, _bird_
(_fowl_); =tuggl=, _constellation, star_; =tagl=, _hair_;
=swumfsl=, _pond_; =sigljan=, _to seal_.
NOTE 2. Goth. =l= always corresponds to Gr. λ. It is interpolated
in =alabalstraún=, ἀλάβαστρον.
r
§ 47. =r= is equivalent to Gr. ρ and occurs frequently in Gothic words;
e. g., =raíhts=, _right_; =raubôn=, _to rob_; =baíran=, _to bear_;
=fidwôr=, _four_.--Dubl =r= is rare: =qaírrus=, _meek_; =andstaúrran=,
_to threten_; =faírra=, _far_.
NOTE 1. Syllabic =r= (§ 27) occurs, for exampl, in =ak~r~s=,
_field_; =brôþ~r~=, dat. sg. of =brôþar= (§ 114), _brother_;
=figg~r~s=, _finger_; =tag~r~=, _tear_; =hlût~r~s=, _pure_;
=fag~r~s=, _suitabl_; =maúrþ~r~=, _murder_; =hugg~r~jan=, _to
hunger_.
NOTE 2. Every =i= before =r= becums =aí=, and every =u= in the same
position =aú=; s. §§ 20. 24.
NOTE 3. Concerning =r= from =z=, s. § 78, n. 4; § 24, n. 2.