The following shows contraction of original _ea_:--

sl[=e]an (_strike_) sliehth sl[=o]g sl[=o]gon slae[.g]en

[e,]:--

h[e,]bban (_lift_) h[e,]fth h[=o]f h[=o]fon hafen

s[.c]ieppan (_create_) s[.c]iepth sc[=o]p sc[=o]pon scapen

sw[e,]rian (_swear_) sw[e,]reth sw[=o]r sw[=o]ron sworen

The presents of these verbs are inflected weak, so that their imperative

sing. is _h[e,]fe_ and _sw[e,]re_, like that of _w[e,]nian_ (p. 32).

_Sw[e,]rian_ has indic. _sw[e,]rige_, _sw[e,]rest_, like _w[e,]nian_;

_h[e,]bban_ has _h[e,]bbe_, _h[e,]fst_, &c. like _h[=i]eran_ (p. 30).

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