I got difficulties in pronouncing words ending in 'w'.

[gotenfreund]

29. w (i. e. u in the function of a consonant) had mostly the same sound-value as the w in English wit. After diphthongs and long vowels, as also after consonants not followed by a vowel, it was probably a kind of reduced u-sound. the exact quality of which cannot be determined. Examples of the former pronunciation are :—wens, hope ; witan, to know; wrikan, to persecute; swistar, sister; taíhswō, right hand. And of the latter:—snáiws, snow ; waurstw, work; skađwjan, to overshadow.

from page 12 of Wright's Grammar of the Gothic Language (1910) 
 
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/germanic/goth_wright_about.html
 
Lambdin is kind of vague in his book.
 
I think Bennett has a good explanation, but my copy is at work - I like to read it during my lunch break.

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Hej" <gadrauhts at ...> wrote:
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> Could some one link to any site or make some quotes from a book where the pronunciations are explained?
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