Class I. Biginne, bigon, bigonnen, bigunnen. Breste, brast, borst, brusten, bursten. Climbe, clamb, clomb, clumben. Drinke, dronk, drank, drunken, dronken. Finde, fand, fond, funden. Fiȝte, faȝt, feȝt, foȝten. Helpe, halp, holpen. Kerve (cut), carf, corven. Melte, malt, molten. Renne (run), ran, runnen. Ringe, rong, rungen, rongen. Singe, song, sang, sungen. Steke, stac, stoken. Sterve (die), starf, storven. Werpe (throw), warp, worpen. Win, wan, won, wonnen, wunnen. Ȝelde (yield), ȝald, ȝolden. Class II. Bide (abide), bod, biden. Bite, bot, biten. Drive, drof, driven. Fine (cease), fon, ---- Glide, glod, gliden. Ride, rod, riden. Rise, ros, risen. Schine, schon, ---- Slide, slod, sliden. Smite, smot, smiten. Trine (go), tron, ---- Class III. Fly, fleȝ, flegh, flaȝ, flowen. See, seȝ, segh, syȝ, seen. Stiȝe, steȝe, steȝ ---- +Anomalous Verbs.+ Can, pret. couthe. Dare, „ dorste. May, „ miȝte. Mot, „ moste. Oȝe (owe), „ oȝte. Schal, „ scholde, schulde. Thar, „ thurte. Wote, „ wiste. Wille, „ wolde. _Schal_ (shall) in the second person singular is _schal_ or _schalt_; so, too, we occasionally find _wyl_ for _wylt_. The present plural of _schal_ is _schul_, _schulen_, or _schyn_. The verb _to be_ is thus conjugated:-- INDICATIVE MOOD. PRESENT TENSE. PAST TENSE. Singular. (I) am. (I) was, watȝ. (Thou) art. (Thou) was, watȝ. (He) is, bes, betȝ. (He) was, watȝ. Plural. (We) arn, are, ar. (We) wern, were. (Ȝe) arn, are, ar. (Ȝe) wern, were. (Thay) arn, are, ar. (Thay) wern, were. The verbs _be_, _have_, _wille_, have negative forms; as, _nam_ = am not; _nar_ = are not; _nas_ = was not; _naf_ = have not; _nade_ = had not; _nyl_ = will not. The following contractions are occasionally met with: _bos_ = behoves; _byhod_ = behoved; _ha_ = have; _ma_ = make; _man_ = make (pl.) _matȝ_ (_mas_) = makes; _ta_ = take; _tatȝ_ (= _tas_) = takes; _tane_, _tone_ = taken. [Footnote 62: _Schonied_ occurs for _schoned_. No Southern writer would retain, I think, the _i_ in the preterite.]