The infinitive of verbs ends mostly in _e_, fandie 130: noteworthy are besie 14, isi 55: ȝief 119 has lost _e_ before him. wunian 159 is a survival; others in _n_ are ȝearceon 6, ȝeclepien 6, clepeien 49, don 88, finden 173, forȝeten 59, abben 160. _Dat. inf._ with inflection, bienne 43, donne 152; without inflection abiden 11, bigeten 55, don 51, fulforðie 98, ȝelaðie 17, 78, isi 137, sawe 44, tolie 44. _Pres. s._ 1. forȝete 61, lefie 155, nell(ic) 60; 2. awiðhst 37, belocest 37, halst 36; 3. blisseð 52 and 8 others, but contracted forms predominate, abernð 143, belimpð 128, cumþ 114, 121, 129, ett 163, fett 42, fet 171, ȝemet 133, ȝestrenð 112 (#gestrengeþ#), isecgð 148, iseȝð 150 (#siehð#), lat 124 (#lǣdeþ#), sit 138 and 9 others. Exceptional are blissið 50, had 152 (#hæfð#), scred 42 (#scrȳt#), scyft 117, forðteh 42 (#tyhð#). _Subjunctive pr. s._ forȝiet[e] 60, habbe 74, letes 129 (lete + es), milsi 59, underfo 126. _Pres. pl._ 1. habbeþ 48, siggeð 114, wene (we) 49; 3. adredeð 147, aþestreð 144 &c.; but cwaciað 147, þenið 142 (Archiv lxxxix, 160-6). _Subj. pr. pl._ næmmie 112, scewie 22. _Imp. pl._ understandeð 31, 99, witeð 155, wite (ȝe) 125. Past of Strong Verbs: _Sing._ I a. cweð 21, et 28, ȝiaf 97; I b. com 19, nam 5; I c. dranc 28, ȝelamp 1; II. astah 162, wratẹ 81 (#wrāt#); III. abreað 83, ȝecas 81; IV. ȝesceop 33; V. ableow 42, bleowu 168, befel 3, wex 168. _Pl._ I a. cweðe 18, 1. _pl._; I b. come 9; I c. sturfe 28; II. repen 169; III. ȝebugon 25. _Subjunctives_ are I b. come 12, 20; V. ȝewold[e] 55. _Pp._ I b. icome 115; I c. abruden 27, abroden 134, 156; II. begripe 95; III. belocen 16; IV. ȝescepe 56, understande 116; V. beswapen 151, ȝesawen 165, ȝewasse, uniwasse 123. _Past_ of Weak Verbs ends in -de, -ede, arerde 80, clensede 103 &c.: diht 41, gelest 2, send 78, sett 72 have dropped final _e_. _Pl._ -den; once arerdon 85: sede 117, 119, lefede 155, acolede 90, ȝearnede 27 have lost _n_. The _pp._ ends in -ed, -d, -t; once acende 101, beside accenned 94: unwemmede 94, weregede 131 are inflected. Minor groups: wat 54, _pr. s._; ah 43, _pr. s._, oȝeð 64 (#āgon#), 1 _pr. pl._; scel 135, sceol 147, _pr. s._, scule 26 &c., _pr. pl._, once sculen 161, sceolde 87, _pt. s._, sceolde 7, sceolden 12, 160, _pt. pl._; mai 152, _pr. s._, but maȝi 34, maie 148, maȝie 59, _pr. s._ are subjunctive in form; muȝe (we) 49, 1 _pr. pl._, mihtí (mihte hi) 55, mihten 86, _pt. pl._; am 162, ham 63, 1 _pr. s._, his 33 &c., is 36, _pr. s._, beoð 70, 108, 146, bieð 54, 65, _pr. pl._, beon 69, bienn 135, _pr. pl. subj._, was 19, wes 1 &c., _pt. s._, were 99 &c., wer 69, 75, _pt. pl._, were 5, 10 &c., _pt. s. subj._, 8, 15, 16 &c., _pt. pl. subj._, ibi 135 (*#gebion#), _pp._; don 72, 73, _pr. s. subj._ but plural in form, ded[ė] 73, _pt. s._; to gað 145, _pr. pl._, go 22, 1 _pr. pl. subj._
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