wige wac w[a]gen gew[e:]gen

And similarly {gesch[e:]hen}, _to happen_, {kn[e:]ten}, _to knead_,
{m[e:][zz]en}, _to measure_, {pfl[e:]gen}, _to be accustomed_, {tr[e:]ten},
_to tread_, {verg[e:][zz]en}, _to forget_, {w[e:]ben}, _to weave_.

w[e:]sen, _to be_ wise was w[a]ren gew[e:]sen

And similarly {gen[e:]sen} (pret. pl. also {gen[a]sen}), _to recover_,
{j[e:]sen}, _to ferment_, {l[e:]sen} (pret. pl. also {l[a]sen}), _to gather,
read_. See Sec. 30.

[e:][zz]en, _to eat_ i[zz]e [a][z](a[z]) [a][z]en g[e:][zz]en
(Sec. 9,7)
vr[e:][zz]en, _to devour_ vri[zz]e vr[a][z] vr[a][z]en vr[e:][zz]en

These verbs had a long vowel in the pret. singular in the oldest period
of all the Germanic languages, cp. also Lat. {[e]d[i]}.

Sec. 84.

To this class also belong the three verbs:--

bit(t)en, _to beg_ bite bat b[a]ten geb[e:]ten
ligen, _to lie down_ lige lac l[a]gen gel[e:]gen
sitzen, _to sit_ sitze sa[z] s[a][z]en ges[e:][zz]en

{bit(t)en}, OHG. {bitten} from {*bidjan}; {ligen}, OHG. {liggen} from
{*ligjan}; {sitzen}, OHG. {sitzen} from {*sitjan}, see Secs. 14, 31,3. The
inf. {ligen} is sometimes contracted to {l[i]n}, see Sec. 37.

CLASS VI.

Sec. 85.

The verbs of this class belong to the sixth ablaut-series (Sec. 12), and
accordingly have {a} in the present; {uo} in the pret. singular and
plural; and {a} in the past participle. They have umlaut in the second
and third pers. singular, as {grebes(t)}, {grebet}; {verst}, {vert}. See
Sec. 10.

graben, _to dig_ gruop gruoben gegraben
tragen, _to carry_ truoc truogen getragen
maln, _to grind_ muol muolen gemaln
varn, _to go_ vuor vuoren gevarn

And similarly {laden}, _to load_, {nagen}, _to gnaw_, {schaffen}, _to
create_, {spanen}, _to entice_, {waschen}, _to wash_, {wahsen}, _to
grow_, {waten}, _to wade_.

slahen, _to strike_ sluoc sluogen geslagen
twahen, _to wash_ twuoc twuogen getwagen

See Sec. 30. The pret. sing. {sluoc}, {twuoc} for {*sluoch}, {*twuoch} were
formed after the analogy of the pret. plural.

Sec. 86.

To this class also belong:--

st[a]n, st[e]n (Sec. 96),
_to stand_ stuont stuonden gestanden
entseben (older entseven),
_to perceive_ entsuop entsuoben entsaben
gew[a:]henen,
_to mention_ gewuoc gewuogen