or_, {v[i]ant} beside {v[i]ent} ({v[i]nt}), _fiend, enemy_. Examples
are: {garten[ae]re}, _gardener_, {schepf[ae]re}, _creator_, {schr[i]b[ae]re},
_scribe_.

{k[u:]neginne}, _queen_, {vriundinne}, _female friend_, {wirtinne},
_mistress_.

{edelinc}, _son of a nobleman_, {hendelinc}, _glove_, {vingerlinc},
_ring_; {m[u:]edinc}, _unhappy man_.

{maged[i]n}, _little girl_, {vinger[i]n}, _ring_; {kindel[i]n}, _little
child_, {vogel[i]n}, _little bird_.

{hindernisse}, _hindrance_, {verd[e:]rbnisse}, _destruction_,
{vinsternisse}, _darkness_, {vancn[u:]sse}, _captivity_.

{be[zz]erunge}, _improvement_, {handelunge}, _action_, {m[e:]ldunge},
_announcement_.

{himelisch}, _heavenly_, {irdisch}, _earthly_, {kindisch}, _childish_,
beside {-esch}.

{heilic} (OHG. {heilag}), _holy_, {honic} (OHG. {honag}, {honig}),
_honey_, {k[u:]nic} (OHG. {cuning}, {cunig}), _king_, {manic} (OHG.
{manag}), _many a_, {s[ae]lic} (OHG. {s[a]l[i]g}), _blessed_, beside {-ec}.

{oberist} beside {oberest}, _highest_.

{kumbersal}, _distress_, {tr[u:]ebsal}, _gloom_, {w[e:]hsal} beside
{w[e:]hsel}, _change_.

{bitterl[i]ch}, _bitterly_, {sicherl[i]ch}, _surely_, {w[i]sl[i]ch}, _wisely_,
beside {-lich}.

{Dietr[i]ch}, {Heinr[i]ch}, beside {-rich}.

The OHG. pronominal ending of the nom. sing. fem. and the nom. acc. pl.
neuter remained unweakened, as OHG. {blintiu} = MHG. {blindiu} (Sec. 55).

2. THE LOSS OF UNACCENTED VOWELS.

Sec. 9.

The weakened {e} regularly disappeared:--

1. After {l} and {r} in dissyllables with short stems, as {ar}, older
{are} (OHG. {aro}), _eagle_, acc. gen. dat. {arn}, beside {name},
_name_, {namen}; {wol}, older {wole} (OHG. {wola}), _well_; {gar} (OHG.
{garo}), _ready_, {milch} (OHG. {milih}), _milk_, {zal} (OHG. {zala}),
_number_; {kil}, _quill_, gen. {kil(e)s}, dat. {kil}, pl. nom. acc.
{kil}, dat. {kil(e)n}, beside {tac}, _day_, gen. {tages}, dat. {tage},
pl. nom. acc. {tage}, dat. {tagen}; {b[e:]rn}, _to bear_, {st[e:]ln}, _to
steal_, {nern}, _to rescue_, pres. sing. {stil}, {stils(t)}, {stilt};
{ner}, {ners(t)}, {nert}, beside {h[oe]ren}, _to hear_, pres. sing. {h[oe]re},
{h[oe]res(t)}, {h[oe]ret}.

2. After liquids and nasals in trisyllabic and polysyllabic forms with
long stems, as {s[ae]lde} (OHG. {s[a]lida}), _blessedness_, {h[e]rsen},
{h[e:]rsen} (OHG. {h[e]ris[o]n}), _to rule_, {zierde} (OHG. {ziarida}),
_adornment_, {wandelte} (OHG. {wantal[o]ta}), _I wandered_, {zw[i]feln}
(OHG. {zw[i]fa