Crossword-Solution: OHG 3 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

Finally after a nasal, and medially after a nasal before a following {t}, in forms with short stems, as {han(e)}, _cock_, {nam(e)}, _name_, {sun} (OHG.

The superlative of adjectives often has double forms, the one with the loss of the medial {e}, and the other with the loss of the final {e}, as {beste}, _best_, {ērste}, _first_, {grœste}, _greatest_, {leste}, _last_, {min(ne)ste}, _least_, {wir(se)ste}, _worst_, beside {beȥȥest(e)}, {ērest(e)}, {grœȥest(e)}, {leȥȥest(e)}, {minnest(e)}, {wirsest(e)}, OHG.

The {e} in the unaccented verbal prefixes {be-}, {ge-} often disappeared before {l, n, r}, as {blīben}, _to remain_, {glīch}, _like_, {glit}, _member_, {glouben}, _to believe_, {gnāde}, _favour_, {gnanne}, _namesake_, {gnuoge}, _many_, {grade}, _quick_, {grëch}, _straight_, beside {belīben}, {gelīch}, {gelit}, {gelouben}, {genāde}, {genanne}, {genuoge}, {gerade}, {gerëch}; it disappeared before vowels during the OHG.

This explains why strong verbs belonging to the fourth (§§12, 82) and fifth (§§12, 83) ablaut-series have {i} throughout the present singular, and similarly in verbs belonging to the third (§§12, 81) series with {ë} in the infinitive, as OHG.

This law explains the difference between the diphthong {ie} in the infinitive and the simple vowel {iu} (= {ǖ}) in the three persons singular of the present indicative of verbs belonging to the second ablaut-series (§§12, 78), as OHG.