| Infin. | Pret. | P.P. |
|---|---|---|
| denken, to think | dāhte | gedāht (§§ [28], [29]) |
| dunken, dünken, to seem | dūhte | gedūh (§§ [28], [29]) |
| furhten, fürhten, to fear | vorhte | gevorht |
| wurken, würken, to work | worhte | geworht |
| bringen, to bring | brāhte | gebrāht (§§ [28], [29]) |
[Note.]— The second pers. sing. of brāhte is bræhte or brāhtes(t), pret. subj. bræhte; and similarly with dāhte; the subj. of dūhte is dūhte or diuhte.
Class II.
[§ 92.] The verbs belonging to this class form their preterite in -ete and their past participle in -et. In other respects Class II has the same endings as Class I.
It includes: (a) The dissyllabic verbs, having a short stem-vowel followed by a single consonant other than l, r, which in OHG. belonged to Classes II and III, as loben (OHG. lobōn), to praise, pret. lobete, p.p. gelobet; lëben (OHG. lëbēn), to live, pret. lëbete, p.p. gelëbet (see [§ 88]). (b) The dissyllabic verbs of OHG. Class I with a short stem-vowel followed by double consonants other than ll (see [§ 31, 3]), as legen, older leggen (OHG. leggen), to lay, pret. legete or leite ([§ 37]), p.p. geleget or geleit; denen, older dennen (OHG. dennen), to stretch, pret. denete, p.p. gedenet.
Other examples belonging to Class II are: bëten, to pray, dagen, to be silent, klagen, to complain, klëben, to stick, laden, to invite, namen, to name, sagen, to say, pret. sagete and seite ([§ 37]).
The verbs with a long stem-syllable, which belonged to OHG. Classes II and III, went over in MHG. either into Class I (1), see [§ 90], or had preterites in -te beside -ete, as danken, to thank, pret. dancte beside dankete, p.p. gedanct beside gedanket; vrāgen, to ask, pret. vrāgte beside vrāgete, p.p. gevrāgt beside gevrāget, and similarly ahten, to observe, minnen, to love, trahten, to strive, &c., see §§ [9, 2], [90]; dienen, to serve, pret. diende ([§ 40]), &c.
C. Minor Groups.
1. Preterite-Presents.
[§ 93.] These have strong preterites with a present meaning, from which new weak preterites have been formed. The 2nd pers. sg. ends in -t, and has the same stem-vowel as the 1st and 3rd pers. sg. The following verbs belong to this class:—