And similarly geschëhen, to happen, knëten, to knead, mëȥȥen, to measure, pflëgen, to be accustomed, trëten, to tread, vergëȥȥen, to forget, wëben, to weave.
| wësen, to be | wise | was | wāren | gewësen |
And similarly genësen (pret. pl. also genāsen), to recover, jësen, to ferment, lësen (pret. pl. also lāsen), to gather, read. See [§ 30].
| ëȥȥen, to eat | iȥȥe | āȥ(aȥ) | āȥen | gëȥȥen ([§ 9, 7]) |
| vrëȥȥen, to devour | vriȥȥe | vrāȥ | vrāȥen | vrëȥȥen |
These verbs had a long vowel in the pret. singular in the oldest period of all the Germanic languages, cp. also Lat. ēdī.
[§ 84.] To this class also belong the three verbs:—
| bit(t)en, to beg | bite | bat | bāten | gebëten |
| ligen, to lie down | lige | lac | lāgen | gelëgen |
| sitzen, to sit | sitze | saȥ | sāȥen | gesëȥȥen |
bit(t)en, OHG. bitten from *bidjan; ligen, OHG. liggen from *ligjan; sitzen, OHG. sitzen from *sitjan, see §§ [14], [31, 3]. The inf. ligen is sometimes contracted to līn, see [§ 37].
Class VI.
[§ 85.] The verbs of this class belong to the sixth ablaut-series ([§ 12]), and accordingly have a in the present; uo in the pret. singular and plural; and a in the past participle. They have umlaut in the second and third pers. singular, as grebes(t), grebet; verst, vert. See [§ 10].