_Present._ _Praeterite sing._ _Praeterite plur._ Scine (_shine_) Sce['a]n (_I shone_) Scinon (_we shone_). Arise (_arise_) Ar['a]s (_I arose_) Arison (_we arose_). Smite (_smite_) Sm['a]t (_I smote_) Smiton (_we smite_). B. _Present._ _Praet.--Sing. form._ _Praet.--Pl. form._ Rise Rose [51]Ris. Abide Abode -- Shine Shone -- Smite Smote Smit. Ride Rode [51]Rid. Stride Strode Strid. Slide [51]Slode Slid. Glide [51]Glode -- Chide [51]Chode -- Drive Drove [51]Driv. Thrive Throve [51]Thriv. Strive Strove -- Write Wrote Writ. Climb Clomb -- Slit [51]Slat Slit. Bite [51]Bat Bit. On this list we may make the following observations and statements. {313} 1. That, with the exception of the word _slit_, the _i_ is sounded as a diphthong. 2. That, with the exception of _bat_ and _slat_, it is changed into _o_ in the singular and into _[)i]_ in the plural forms. 3. That, with the exception of _shone_, the _o_ is always long (or independent). 4. That, even with the word _shone_, the _o_ was originally long. This is known from the final _-e_ mute, and from the Anglo-Saxon form _sc['e]an_; Moeso-Gothic, _sk['a]in_; Old Norse, _skein_. 5. That the _o_, in English, represents an _['a]_ in Anglo-Saxon. 6. That the statement last made shows that even _bat_ and _slat_ were once in the same condition with _arose_ and _smote_, the Anglo-Saxon forms being _ar['a]s_, _sm['a]t_, _b['a]t_, _sl['a]t_. _Twelfth Class._ s. 375. In this class _i_ is generally short; originally it was always so. In the singular form it becomes _[)a]_, in the plural, _[)u]_.