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() G. rinne, rann, ge-ronnen; singe, sang, ge-sungen; trinke, trank; schwelle, schwillt, schwoll, ge-schwollen, &c.

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Weordan() to be, to become, is thus conjugated:

Indic. pres. sing.1. weorde

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Subj. pres. weorde, &c.

2. wyrst
3. wyrd
plur. Sweordad

plur.weorde

Imperf. sing. 1. weard

2. wurde

3. weard

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plur. wurdon P.past (ge-)worden

(3) Comp. throughout G. werden.

XIII.-Class II.

In the Second Class, í becomes in the imperfect á, and this in the second person, &c. i: the part. past has

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() G. scheine, schien, ge-schienen; steige, stieg; greife, griff, gegriffen, &c.

XIV.-Class III.

In the Third Class, eó or ú becomes eá in the imperfect; in the second person &c. u: the part. past

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(*) G. rieche, roch, ge-rochen; schiesse, schoss, &c.

Ceósan to choose, makes third pers. pres. cýst; imperf. ceás chose, second pers. cure, plur. curon; p. past coren(1).

Seóðan to seethe, has third pers. sýd; imperf. seád, sode, &c.; p. past soden sodden.(2) Thus also others in -san and -đan.

Fleóge is contracted to fleó, plur. fleóð, fleó; infin. fleógan, fleón; thus likewise teógan, teón to draw, tug: wreón to cover, and peón to thrive, have only the contracted forms.

Seón to see, makes imperf. seáh or séh, sáwe or sége, &c. imper. seóh or sýh; part. present seónde; part. past (ge-)sewen, or segen.

Ge-feón (-feán) to rejoice, has imperf. ge-feáh or -féh, ge-fage or -fege; part. past ge-fagen, -fægen. Beón to be, is defective:

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Infin, beón. Ger. tó beónne. Part. pres. beónde.

XV.-Anomalous Verbs.

The following verbs are Anomalous, having for their present an old imperfect of the Complex Order, and for their imperfect one formed since after the Simple Order.

(') G. kiese, kor, ge-koren.

(*) G. siede, sott. ge-sotten.

(*) G. bin, bist.

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