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The Consonant þ in Gothic stōþ: stōþum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

Albert Morey Sturtevant
Albert Morey Sturtevant*
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University of Kansas
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The infinitive form of this verb is standan. The stem of the verb must therefore have been *stađ-. Accordingly the preterite singular form stōþ must represent an earlier *stōđ; hence we should have expected a preterite plural form *stōdum(= *stōđum) instead of stōþum.

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Research Article
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Language , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , June 1928, pp. 109 - 110
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Copyright © 1928 Linguistic Society of America

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1 Cf. W. Streitberg, Got. Gramm. 4 §133. Here Streitberg gives Goth. stōþ: standan as an example of the shifting þ > đ according to Verner's Law.

2 The ON characters þ:đ were used interchangeably, but the þ:đ of this verb must go back to an original *đ, as the d(<*đ) of the infinitive standa shows.

3 PG đ was shifted to d(OHG t) in WGerm. The WGerm. preterite and past participle forms with n-infix (cf. OS stuond pret., OE standen past part., etc.) are not given, in order to preserve the parallel with Goth. stōþ:stōþum without n-infix.

4 Cf. e.g., baiþ:bidum; bauþ:budum; baþ:bēdum; grōf:grōbum; skōf:skōbum, etc.