[gothic-l] addendum to <ai> and <au>

Wed Mar 18 21:19:12 UTC 2015

uuorthun. otan. auarwaurþun-uþ þan. afareuangeliu ther lucanaiwaggeljo þairh Lokanuuorthun auar thuowaurþun afar þoia chuedant ia chuatun.jah qeþun
ubi dicit/. genuit .j. poniturubi gabriel .g. ponunt & alia his sim.ubi aspiratione 〈dicunt h〉. ut diciturgah libeda. jah libaidadiptongon .ai. p(ro) e. longap(ro) ch .q. ponunt.
Source: http://www.gotica.de/vindobonensis.html
Out of this longer quote, isn't "gah libeda" some OHG-looking language that Alcuin compares the Gothic to? Doesn't this mean Gothic uses "diptongon .ai." where that other language uses long e? And why would "diptongon" mean digraph rather than diphthong? Couldn't a pronunciation /aɪ/ > /ɛ/ directly in unstressed positions, without passing /eː/? 
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