And similarly brinnen, to burn, dringen, to press, entrinnen, to escape, gelingen, to succeed, gewinnen, to gain, schrinden, to split, sinken, to sink, sinnen, to reflect, spinnen, to spin, swimmen, to swim, trinken, to drink, vinden (p.p. vunden), to find, winden, to wind. beginnen, to begin, pret. sing. began beside begunde, begonde, pl. begunden, p.p. begunnen.
| bërgen, to hide | birge | bare | burgen | geborgen |
| hëlfen, to help | hilfe | half | hulfen | geholfen |
| stërben, to die | stirbe | starp | sturben | gestorben |
And similarly bevëlhen, to order, emphëlhen, enphëlhen, to recommend, gëlten, to pay, mëlken, to milk, schëlten, to revile, swëllen, to swell, verdërben, to destroy, wërfen, to throw, wërren, to confuse, wërden, to become, pret. pl. wurten, wurden, p.p. worten, (ge)worden, see [§ 30].
Class IV.
[§ 82.] The verbs of this class belong to the fourth ablaut-series ([§ 12]). They include those strong verbs which have a liquid or a nasal before or after the stem-vowel, and a few others, thus:—
| ë | i | a | ā | o |
| nëmen, to take | nime | nam | nāmen | genomen |
| bërn, to bear | bir ([§ 9, 1]) | bar | bāren | geborn |
| stëln, to steal | stil ([§ 9, 1]) | stal | stālen | gestoln |
| brëchen, to break | briche | brach | brāchen | gebrochen |
| vëhten, to fight | vihte | vaht | vāhten | gevohten |
And similarly schërn, to shear, schrëcken, to frighten, sprëchen, to speak, vlëhten, to plait, zëmen (p.p. also gezëmen), to be befitting, stëchen, to prick, trëffen (p.p. troffen), to hit; dreschen, to thrash, leschen, to be extinguished, see § [11, 1]. komen (OHG. quëman), to come, kume, quam, quāmen, komen; on other forms of this verb, see [§ 36].
Class V.
[§ 83.] The verbs of this class belong to the fifth ablaut-series ([§ 12]). They include the strong verbs containing a medial consonant other than a nasal or liquid, thus:—
| ë | i | a | ā | ë |
| gëben, to give | gibe | gap | gāben | gegëben |
| jëhen, to say | gihe ([§ 35]) | jach | jāhen | gejëhen |
| sëhen, to see | sihe | sach | sāhen | gesëhen |
| wëgen, to move | wige | wac | wāgen | gewëgen |