Irregulars in _ght_.
The Irregulars of the Second Class end in _ght_, both in the Past Time
and Participle; and change the vowel or diphthong into _au_ or _ou_: they
are taken from the Saxon, in which the termination is _hte_.
Saxon.
Bring, brought: Bringan, brohte.
Buy, bought: Bycgean, bohte.
Catch, caught:
Fight, fought: Feotan, fuht.
Teach, taught: Tæchan, tæhte.
Think, thought: Thencan, thohte.
Seek, sought: Secan, sohte.
Work, wrought: Weorcan, worhte.
_Fraught_ seems rather to be an Adjective than the Participle of the Verb
_to freight_, which has regularly _freighted_. _Raught_ from _reach_ is
obsolete.