III. 'Love'-conjugation.
| INDICATIVE. | SUBJUNCTIVE. | |
| Pres. sing. | 1. luf-iġe (love), | luf-iġe. |
| 2. luf-ast, | luf-iġe. | |
| 3. luf-aþ, | luf-iġe. | |
| plur. | luf-iaþ, | luf-ien. |
| Pret. sing. | 1. luf-ode, | luf-ode. |
| 2. luf-odest, | luf-ode. | |
| 3. luf-ode, | luf-ode. | |
| plur. | luf-odon, | luf-oden. |
| Imper. luf-a, luf-iaþ. Infin. luf-ian. | ||
| Partic. pres. luf-iende: pret. luf-od. Gerund. tō luf-ienne. | ||
So also āscian (ask), macian (make), weorþian (honour), and many others.
Irregularities.
Some verbs are conjugated partly after I, partly after III. Such are habban (have) and libban (live).
Habban has pres. indic. hæbbe, hæfst, hæfþ; habbaþ, subj. hæbbe, hæbben, pret. hæfde, imper. hafa, habbaþ, particc. habbende, hæfd.
Libban has pres. libbe, leofast, leofaþ; libbaþ, subj. libbe, pret. leofode, imper. leofa, libbaþ, particc. libbende, lifiende; leofod.
Fętian (fetch) has pret. fętte.
STRONG-WEAK VERBS.
The strong-weak verbs have for their presents old strong preterites, from which new weak preterites are formed. Note the occasional second person sing. in t.