The two following verbs are slightly irregular:
| m: | nim-an, cum-an, | nōm (nam), c(w)ōm, | nōm-on (nām-on), c(w)ōm-on, | genum-en, gecum-en, | to take. to come. |
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Class V: The “Give” Conjugation.
Succession of Vowels: e (ie), æ, ǣ, e.
The present stem ends in a single consonant, never a liquid or nasal:
| met-an, | mæt, | mǣton, | gemet-en, | to measure, | mete. |
| gief-an, | geaf, | gēaf-on, | gegief-en, | to give. |
Note 1.—The palatal consonants, g, c, and sc, convert a following e into ie, æ into ea, and ǣ into ēa. Hence giefan (< *gefan), geaf (< *gæf), gēafon (< *gǣfon), gegiefen (< *gegefen). This change is known as Palatalization. See [§ 8].
Note 2.—The infinitives of the following important verbs are only apparently exceptional:
| biddan, | bæd, | bǣd-on, | gebed-en, | to ask for [bid]. |
| licgan, | læg, | lǣg-on, | geleg-en, | to lie, extend. |
| sittan, | sæt, | sǣt-on, | geset-en, | to sit. |