Here _tol-de_ is for an O. Mercian _tal-de_ (A.S. _teal-de_), from a stem TAL. The infin. shews mutation. The chief key to verbs of this class is to remember that the pt. t. depends upon the original form of the stem, whilst the infin. exhibits mutation; i.e. the pt. t. stem is more original than the present. An old _ct_ becomes _ht_ in A.S., and _ght_ in M.E. Here belong: _leye_, also _leggen_, to lay, pt. _layde_, _leyde_; _recche_, to reck, pt. _roghte_, _roughte_; _seye_, pt. _seide_, _saide_; _s[=e]ke_, pt. _soghte_, _soughte_; _selle_, pt. _solde_; _strecche_, pt. _straughte_. Also _bye_, Kentish _begge_ (in the comp. _abegge_), to buy, pt. _boghte_, _boughte_; _werche_, to work, pt. _wroghte_, _wroughte_ (by metathesis for _worghte_). In a few words a radical _n_ has disappeared before _h_ (M.E. _gh_) in the past tense: as in _bringe_, pt. _broghte_, _broughte_; _thinke_, to seem, pt. _thoughte_ (thuuht[*e]); _thenke_, to think, pt. _thoghte_, _thoughte_ (thaoht[*e], th[`o]uht[*e]). _R[=e]che_, to reach, _t[=e]che_, to teach, properly belong to conj. 2; but their past tenses became _raughte_, _taughte_, so that they seem to belong here. The preceding examples give most of the more important weak verbs; others can be found in the Glossary. Verbs of French origin seldom take _-ede_ in the pt. t., as in the case of _aqueyntede_; the usual suffix is _-ed_ or _-de_, or both; as _crye_, to cry, pt. _cry-ed_, _cry-de_; _espye_, pt. _espy-ed_, _espy-de_. The pp. results from the pt. t. by omitting final _-e_; if the pt. t. ends in _-ed_, the pp. coincides with it. NOTE. Some verbs have both strong and weak forms; thus _abreyde_ has the str. pt. t. _abrayd_, and the weak pt. t. _abrayde_. More striking examples occur in _cr[=e]pe_, to creep, pt. _creep_, _crepte_, pp. _cropen_; _sl[=e]pe_, to sleep, pt. t. _sleep_ and _slepte_; _wepe_, to weep, pt. t. _weep_ and _wepte_. _Drede_, _rede_, once strong verbs, are weak in Chaucer; pt. t. _dredde_, _dradde_, _redde_, _radde_. _Cleve_, to cleave, has the weak pt. t. _clefte_, and the strong pp. _cloven_. _Broided_ is a curious substitution for _broiden_, the true pp. of _breyde_ (A.S. _bregdan_). _Werien_, to wear, is a weak verb of the 1st class; hence the true pt. t. is _werede_, _wered_, as in Chaucer. The mod. E. _wore_ is a new formation. s. 93. SOME OTHER VERBS. _Haven_, _have_, _han_, to have; pt. t. _hadde_, also _hade_; pp. _had_. A weak verb; often used as auxiliary. _Doon_, _don_, to do. Pres. indic. 1. _do_, 2. _doost_, 3. _dooth_ or _doth_; pl. _doon_, _don_. Pres. subj. _do_; pl. _doon_, _don_. Imper. _do_; pl. _dooth_, _doth_. Pp. _doon_, _don_. Pt. t. _dide_ (weak). Gerund, _to done_. _Goon_, _gon_, _go_, to go. Pres. indic. 1. _go_, 2. _goost_ or _g[=o]st_, 3. _gooth_ or _g[=o]th_, also _geeth_ and _gas_ (Northern); pl. _goon_, _gon_, _go_. Imper. _go_; pl. _gooth_. Pp. _goon_, _gon_, _go_; also _geen_ (Northern). The pt. t. is supplied by _yede_ or _wente_.