_Past tense._ Of the third person singular and plural of the past tense the following are selected examples. WEAK VERBS: _hauede_, 770, _sparedè_, 898, _yemedè_, 975, _semedè_, 976, _sparkëdè_, 2144, _þankedè_, 2189; pl. _loueden_, 955, _leykeden_, 954, _woundeden_, 2429, _stareden_, 1037, _yemede_ (rather read _yemeden_), 2277, _makeden_, 554, _sprauleden_, 475; also _calde_, 2115, _gredde_, 2417, _herde_, 2410, _kepte_, 879, _fedde_, 786, _ledde_, 785, _spedde_, 756, _clapte_, 1814, _kiste_, 1279; pl. _herden_, _brenden_, 594, _kisten_, 2162, _ledden_, 1246; and, thirdly, of the class which change the vowel, _aute_, 743, _laute_, 744, _bitauhte_, 2212. Compare the past participles _osed_, 971, _mixed_, 2533, _parred_, 2439, _gadred_, 2577; _reft_, 1367, _wend_, 2138, _hyd_, 1059; _told_, 1036, _sold_, 1638, _wrouth_ = _wrout_, 1352. There are also at least two past participles in _-et_, as _slenget_, 1923, _grethet_, 2615, to which add _weddeth_, _beddeth_, 1127, In l. 2057, _knawed_ seems put for _knawen_, for the rime’s sake. STRONG VERBS: third person singular, past tense, _bar_, 815, _bad_, 1415, _yaf_, or _gaf_, _spak_; _kam_, 766 (spelt _cham_, 1873), _nam_, _kneu_, _hew_, 2729, _lep_, 1777, _let_, 2447 (spelt _leth_, 2651), _slep_, 1280, _wex_, 281: _drou_, 705, _for_, 2943, _low_, 903, _slow_, 1807, _hof_, 2750, _stod_, 986, _tok_; 751, _wok_, 2093; pl. _beden_, 2774, _youen_, or _gouen_; _comen_, 1017 (spelt _keme_, 1208), _nomen_, 2790 (spelt _neme_, 1207), _knewen_, 2149, _lopen_, 1896, _slepen_, 2128; _drowen_, 1837, _foren_, 2380, _lowen_, 1056, _slowen_, 2414, &c. And secondly, of the class which more usually change the vowel in the _plural_ of the preterite, we find the singular forms _bigan_, 1357, _barw_, 2022, _karf_, 471, _swank_, 788, _warp_, 1061, _shon_, 2144, _clef_, 2643, _sau_, 2409, _grop_, 1965, _drof_, 725, _shof_, 892; pl. _bigunnen_, 1011, _sowen_, 1055, _gripen_, 1790, _driue_, for _driuen_, 1966; also _bunden_, 2436, _scuten_, 2431 (spelt _schoten_, 1864, _shoten_, 1838), _leyen_, 2132, &c. Compare the past participles _boren_, 1878, _youen_ or _gouen_, _cumen_, 1436, _nomen_, 2265 (spelt _numen_, 2581), _laten_, 1925, _waxen_, 302, _drawen_, 1925, _slawen_, 2000, which two last become _drawe_, _slawe_ in ll. 1802, 1803. We should also observe the past tenses _spen_, 1819, _stirt_, 812, _fauth_ for _faut_ or _fauht_, 1990, _citte_, 942, _bere_, 974, _kipte_, 1050, _flow_, 2502, _plat_, 2755; and the past participles _demd_ for _demed_, 2488, _giue_ for _giuen_, 2488, _henged_, 1429, _keft_, 2005.