INFINITIVE. THIRD PRES. PRET. PARTIC. PRET.
aet.[=i]ewan (_show_) -[=i]ewth -[=i]ewde -[=i]ewed.
c[=y]than (_make known_) c[=y]thth c[=y]thde c[=y]thed,
c[=y]dd
fyllan (_fill_) fylth fylde fylled
(n[=e]a)l[=ae][.c]an (_approach_) -l[=ae][.c]th -l[=ae]hte -l[=ae]ht
l[=ae]dan (_lead_) l[ae]tt l[=ae]dde l[=ae]dd
l[e,][.c][.g]an (_lay_) l[e,][.g]th l[e,][.g]de l[e,][.g]d
[.g]e.l[=i]efan (_believe_) -l[=i]efth -l[=i]efde -l[=i]efed
n[e,]mnan (_name_) n[e,]mneth n[e,]mnde n[e,]mned
s[e,]ndan (_send_) s[e,]nt s[e,]nde s[e,]nd
s[e,]ttan (_set_) s[e,]tt s[e,]tte s[e,]tt
sm[=e]an (_consider_) sm[=e]ath sm[=e]ade sm[=e]ad
t[=ae][.c]an (_show_) t[=ae][.c]th t[=ae]hte t[=ae]ht
w[e,]ndan (_turn_) w[e,]nt w[e,]nde w[e,]nd
(_b_) 'Seek'-_class_.
In this class the mutated vowels lose their mutation in the preterite and
past partic., besides undergoing other changes in some verbs.
Those in double consonants (and _[.c][.g]_) simplify them in the contracted
2nd and 3rd sing. pres. indic.:--_s[e,]lle_, _s[e,]lst_, _s[e,]lth_;
_s[e,][.c][,g]e_, _s[e,][.g]st_, _s[e,][.g]th_; also in the imperative,
which is formed as in Conj. II:--_s[e,]le_, _s[e,][.g]e_, _by[.g]e_, &c.
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