NOTE 1. For =ij= (in the opt. and du. pl. indic. prs.) also simpl
=i= (§ 10, n. 4) is occasionally found; e. g., pl. indic. 1st pers.
=sium=, 2nd =siuþ=, opt. =siau=, etc. But the ful forms occur far
more frequently. The comparativly small number of the forms with
=i= is confined to the epistls (especially in Cod. B) and to the
gospel of Lu. which also in other respects shows many irregular
forms (V, 10. VIII, 25. IX, 12. 41. XIV, 31). Of two extant codices
(II. Cor. VII, 13. Phil. IV, 5. Col. IV, 6. I. Tim. V, 22) one (in
three cases A) always has the correct form with =j=.
NOTE 2. Insted of the imper. the opt. forms, sg. =sijais=, =sijai=,
pl. =sijaiþ=, ar employd. The form =sai= (= Gr. ἔστω), which occurs
onse in the manuscript, either stands erroneously for =sijai=,
=siai=, or must, according to Osthoff (Beitr., 8, 311), be regarded
as interj. =sai=, _'ecce'!_
NOTE 3. =nist= = =ni ist=, _is not_ (§ 10, n. 2), =þatist= =
=þata ist=, _that is_, =karist= = =kara ist=, _there is care, it
concerns_; Jo. X, 12 (§ 4, n. 1).
§ 205. The verb 'wil' has in the present only an opt. which discharges,
however, the function of the indicativ. This present optativ has the
uzual terminations of the prt. opt. Its preterit is weak. The extant
forms ar:--
PRESENT: Sg. 1. =wiljau= 2. =wileis= 3. =wili=
Du. 2. =wileits=
Pl. 1. =wileima= 2. =wileiþ= 3. =wileina=