{gezalt}; {nern}, _to
rescue_, pret. {nerte} (OHG. {nerita}), p.p. {genert}; and similarly
{doln} (OHG. {dol[o]n}), _to tolerate_, {seln}, _to hand over_, {spiln},
_to play_, {weln}, _to choose_; {wern}, _to defend_; {wandeln} (OHG.
{wantal[o]n}), _to change_, pret. {wandelte}; {vordern} (OHG. {fordar[o]n}),
_to further_, pret. {vorderte}; {s[e:]genen} (OHG. {s[e:]gan[o]n}), _to bless_,
pret. {s[e:]gente}. See Secs. 9, 1,2, 92.
_Present._
INDIC. SUBJ. IMPER.
Sing. 1. kenne kenne
2. kennes(t) kennes(t) kenne
3. kennet kenne
Plur. 1. kennen kennen kennen
2. kennet kennet kennet, (-ent)
3. kennent kennen
_Preterite._
Sing. 1. kante kante
2. kantes(t) kantes(t)
3. kante kante
Plur. 1. kanten kanten
2. kantet kantet
3. kanten kanten
Infin. {kennen}, _to know_; Pres. Part. {kennende}; Past Part.
{gekennet}, {gekant}.
And similarly with a large number of verbs, as {bl[u:]emen}, _to bloom_,
{brennen}, _to burn_, {f[u:]llen}, _to fill_, {gr[u:]e[z]en}, _to greet_,
{h[oe]ren}, _to hear_, {k[u:]ssen}, _to kiss_, {l[oe]sen}, _to loose_,
{nennen}, _to name_, {rennen}, _to run_, {senden} (pret. {sante}), _to send_,
{senken}, _to sink_, {setzen} (pret. {satte}, {sazte}, p.p. {gesat},
{gesazt}, {gesetzt}), _to set_, {stellen}, _to place_, {s[u:]e[z]en}, _to
sweeten_, {vellen}, _to fell_, {w[-ae]nen}, _to fancy_, {w[u:]nschen}, _to
wish_; {gelouben}, _to believe_, {k[e]ren}, _to turn_, {koufen}, _to buy_,
{leiten} (pret. {leite}), _to lead_, {ougen}, _to show_, {suochen}, _to
seek_. The verba pura have double forms in the present and preterite, as
{dr[ae]jen}, {dr[ae]n} (Sec. 35), _to turn_, pret. {dr[a]te} beside the new
formation {dr[ae]jete}, {dr[ae]te}, and similarly {bl[u:]ejen}, _to bloom_,
{m[u:]ejen}, _to trouble_, {r[u:]ejen}, _to row_, {s[ae]jen}, _to sow_,
{w[ae]jen}, _to blow_. Verbs with medial {ck} have double preterites, as
{decken}, _to cover_, pret. {dacte} beside {dahte}, and similarly
{dr[u:]cken}, {drucken}, _to press_, {smecken}, _to taste_, {wecken},
_to awake_. See also Sec. 92.
Sec. 91.
The following are irregular:--
_Infin._ _Pret._ _P.P._
denken, _to think_ d[a]hte ged[a]ht (Secs. 28, 29)
dunken, d[u:]nken, _to seem_ d[u]hte ged[u]h (Secs. 28, 29)
furhten, f[u:]rht
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