m
§ 48. =m= occurs in all positions of a word; as, =mizdô=, f., _reward_;
=mêna=, m., _moon_; =ams=, m., _shoulder_; =guma=, m., _man_; finally:
=nam=, _I took_; in the terminations of the dat. pl.,--=dagam=, etc.;
1st pers. pl.,--=nimam=, =nêmum=, etc.--Dubl (=mm=) in =swamms= (cp.
§ 80, n. 1), _spunge_; =wamm=, n., _spot_; in the pronominal dat.
sg.,--=imma=, =blindamma=.
NOTE. Syllabic =m= (§ 27) in =maiþ~m~s=, _present_; =bag~m~s=,
_tree_.
n
§ 49. Initial =n= in =nahts=, _night_; =niujis=, _new_; =ni=
(negation), etc.; medial: =kuni=, n., _kin_; =ains=, _one_, etc.;
final: =laun=, n., _reward_; =niun=, _nine_; often in inflection; as,
dat. sg. =hanin=, inf. =niman=, =nêmun= (3d pers. pl. prt.), etc.
Dubl =n= (=nn=) occurs frequently; e. g., =brinnan=, _to burn_;
=spinnan=, _to spin_; =rinnan=, _to run_; =kann=, _I know_; =kannjan=,
_to make known_; =manna=, _man_; =brunna=, _wel, spring_. Dubl =n=
remains finally and before =j=, but is simplified before other
consonants (s. § 80): =kant=, =kunþa= (inf. =kunnan=), =rant= (2nd
pers. sg. prt.; inf. =rinnan=), =brunsts= (inf. =brinnan=), =ur-runs=
(< =rinnan=), _outlet_.
NOTE. Syllabic =n= (§ 27) in =usbeis~n~s=, f., _expectation_;
=taik~n~s=, f., _token_; =ib~n~s=, _even_; =laug~n~jan=, _to deny_;
=swêg~n~jan=, _to triumf, rejoice_.
§ 50. Before guttural consonants =n= becums a guttural nasal which (in
imitation of the Gr.) is denoted by =g= (=gg=; s. § 67).
NOTE. The (guttural) nasal disappears before =h=, and the preceding
short vowel is lengthend. S. § 5, b; § 15, b (Brgm., I, 182 et
seq.).