| Present. | ||||
| Indic. | Subj. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MHG. | OHG. | MHG. | OHG. | |
| Sing. | 1. nime | nimu | nëme | nëme |
| 2. nimes(t) | nimis(t) | nëmes(t) | nëmēs(t) | |
| 3. nimet | nimit | nëme | nëme | |
| Plur. | 1. nëmen | nëmemēs, -ēm | nëmen | nëmēm |
| 2. nëmet | nëmet | nëmet | nëmēt | |
| 3. nëment | nëmant | nëmen | nëmēn | |
| Imper. | Infin. | |||
| MHG. | OHG. | MHG. | OHG. | |
| Sing. | 2. nim | nim | nëmen | nëman |
| Plur. | 1. nëmen | nëmemēs, -ēm | ||
| 2. nëmet, (-ent) | nëmet | |||
| Gerund. | ||||
| MHG. | OHG. | |||
| Gen. | nëmen(n)es | nëmannes | ||
| Dat. | nëmen(n)e | nëmanne | ||
| Present Participle. | ||||
| nëmende | nëmanti | |||
| Preterite. | ||||
| Indic. | Subj. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MHG. | OHG. | MHG. | OHG. | |
| Sing. | 1. nam | nam | næme | nāmi |
| 2. næme | nāmi | næmes(t) | nāmīst | |
| 3. nam | nam | næme | nāmi | |
| Plur. | 1. nāmen | nāmum | næmen | nāmīm |
| 2. nāmet | nāmut | næmet | nāmīt | |
| 3. nāmen | nāmun | næmen | nāmīn | |
| Past Participle. | ||||
| MHG. | OHG. | |||
| genomen | ginoman | |||
[Note.]— The e in the endings is regularly lost according to the rule given in § [9, 1], as sing. stil, stilst, stilt, inf. stëln, to steal; sing. var, verst, vert, inf. varn, to go. It was also frequently lost in the third pers. sing. pres. indicative of other verbs, as vint = vindet, siht = sihet, see § [9, 4 note]. The n in the first pers. plural was sometimes dropped when the pronoun came after the verb, as nëme wir = nëmen wir.
The imperative singular sometimes has -e after the analogy of weak verbs ([§ 90]).
The OHG. forms given above show in what forms umlaut regularly took place, viz. in the second and third pers. singular of the pres. indicative, when possible, in the second pers. singular of the pret. indicative, and in the pret. subjunctive. The second pers. singular of the pret. indicative always has the same stem-vowel as the pret. subjunctive. On the absence of umlaut in the pret. subjunctive of certain types of verbs, see [§ 10, note]. Forms without and with umlaut are found in the second and third pers. singular of the present in verbs belonging to Class VII, as slāfes(t), slāfet beside slæfes(t), slæfet.
Concerning the changes between i, ë; u, o; iu, ie; ei, ē; ou, ō in the various classes of strong verbs, see [§§ 14-17].
The Classification of the Strong Verbs.
[§ 75.] We shall only give in each class a few verbs to illustrate the gradation of vowels and consonant changes. All other verbs occurring in the texts will be found in the Glossary referred to their proper class.
Class I.
[§ 76.] The verbs of this class belong to the first ablaut-series ([§ 12]) and therefore have ī in all forms of the present; ei in the first and third pers. sing. of the preterite, but ē before ch (= Germanic h, [§ 23]), and finally ([§ 17]); and i in the preterite plural and past participle, thus:—