[ CHAPTER XXII.]
Remaining Verbs; Verb-Phrases with habban, bēon, and weorðan.
Anomalous Verbs. (See [§ 19].)
[134.]
These are:
| bēon (wesan), | wæs, | wǣron, | ——, | to be. |
| willan, | wolde, | woldon, | ——, | to will, intend. |
| dōn, | dyde, | dydon, | gedōn, | to do, cause. |
| gān, | ēode, | ēodon, | gegān, | to go. |
Note.—In the original Indo-Germanic language, the first person of the present indicative singular ended in (1) ō or (2) mi. Cf. Gk. λύ-ω, εἰ-μί, Lat. am-ō, su-m. The Strong and Weak Conjugations of O.E. are survivals of the ō-class. The four Anomalous Verbs mentioned above are the sole remains in O.E. of the mi-class. Note the surviving m in eom I am, and dōm I do (Northumbrian form). These mi-verbs are sometimes called non-Thematic to distinguish them from the Thematic or ō-verbs.