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[anheropl0x]

Fraïtan is indeed said "fra-itan." Every book I've seen says this, so far. I guess it would be a clue in such words as anabiudan, but b is not a vowel, so I can't say for sure.

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "gotenfreund" <ekinzel at ...> wrote:
>
> Great questions. Another one I have wondered about: is "fraitan" pronounced as "frajtan" or "fra-itan"? Based on the preterite, I have always assumed the former pronunciation, but it bothers me (because of the analogous Ger. essen/fressen, I guess my feeling is they should rhyme - this is admittedly unscientific).
> 
> As for your sample words, I have always treated them as your first examples, as if the prefix were a separate element that doesn't affect pronunciation, but I have to admit I have absolutely no proof for this. I'll look in my Gothic books this weekend and try to find an answer.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Eric
> 
> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "anheropl0x" <anheropl0x@> wrote:
> >
> > I have another question that I can't seem to find explained anywhere. Would you say that when a prefix, such as "ana/fra/bi" is added to a word like "biudan/dailjan/domjan,"
> >  would the pronunciation change from "byooðan/dajljan/dōmjan" to "ana-vyooðan/fra-ðajljan/bi-ðōmjan"? I hope my transliteration is up to par with being simple enough to serve its purpose here.
> > 
> > Also, I made a reply to my other post to keep from making another thread. I understand my posts are not much like other posts here, dealing with the people more than the random aspects of the language, so I hope that I do not annoy people here.
> > --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "anheropl0x" <anheropl0x@> wrote:
> > >
> > > So. in no dictionary can the word "dream" be found. Any idea what it might have been in Gothic?
> > >
> >
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