s. 370. In this class we have the sounds of the _ee_, in _feet_, and of the _a_ in _fate_ (spelt _ea_ or _a_), changed into _o_ or _oo_. As several words in this class have a second form in _a_, the praeterite in _o_ or _oo_ will be called the primary, the praeterite in _a_ the secondary form. _Present._ _Primary Praeterite._ _Secondary Praeterite._ Heave [48]Hove -- Cleave Clove [48]Clave. Weave Wove -- Freeze Froze -- Steal Stole [48]Stale. Speak Spoke Spake. Swear Swore Sware. Bear Bore Bare. Tear Tore [48]Tare. Shear [48]Shore -- Wear Wore [48]Ware. Break Broke Brake. Shake Shook -- Take Took -- Forsake Forsook -- Stand Stood -- -- Quoth -- Get Got [48]Gat. The praeterite of _stand_ was originally long. This we collect {310} from the spelling, and from the Anglo-Saxon form _st['o]d_. The process that ejects the _nd_ is the same process that, in Greek, converts [Greek: odont-os] into [Greek: odous]. All the words with secondary forms will appear again in the eighth class. _Eighth Class._ s. 371. In this class the sound of the _ee_ in _feet_, and the _a_ in _fate_ (spelt _ea_), is changed into a. Several words of this class have secondary forms. Further details may be seen in the remarks that come after the following list of verbs. _Present._ _Primary Praeterite._ _Secondary Praeterite._ Speak Spake Spoke. Break Brake Broke. Cleave [49]Clave Clove. Steal [49]Stale Stole. Eat Ate -- Seethe -- [49]Sod. Tread [49]Trad Trod. Bear Bare Bore. Tear Tare Tore. Swear Sware Swore. Wear [49]Ware Wore. Bid Bade Bid. Sit Sate -- Give Gave -- Lie Lay -- Get [49]Gat Got. Here observe,--1. That in _speak_, _cleave_, _steal_, the _ea_ has the same power with the _ee_ in _freeze_ and _seethe_; so that it may be dealt with as the long (or independent) sound of the _i_ in _bid_, _sit_, _give_.