| Primitive Intransitive Form. | Derived Transitive Form. |
| Rise | Raise. |
| Lie | Lay. |
| Sit | Set. |
| Fall | Fell. |
| Drink | Drench. |
In Anglo-Saxon these words were more numerous than they are at present.
| Intrans. Infinitive. | Trans. Infinitive. |
| Yrnan, to run | Ærnan, to make to run. |
| Byrnan, to burn | Bærnan, to make to burn. |
| Drincan, to drink | Drencan, to drench. |
| Sincan, to sink | Sencan, to make to sink. |
| Liegan, to lie | Lecgan, to lay. |
| Sittan, to sit | Settan, to set. |
| Drífan, to drift | Dræfan, to drive. |
| Fëallan, to fall | Fyllan, to fell. |
| Wëallan, to boil | Wyllan, to make to boil. |
| Flëogan, to fly | A-fligan, to put to flight. |
| Bëogan, to bow | Bígan, to bend. |
| Faran, to go | Feran, to convey. |
| Wacan, to wake | Weccan, to waken. |
All these intransitives form their præterite by a change of vowel; as sink, sank; all the transitives by the addition of d or t, as sell, sell'd.
III. Verbs derived from nouns by a change of accent; as to survéy, from a súrvey.
| Nouns. | Verbs. | Nouns. | Verbs. |
| Ábsent | absént. | Éxtract | extráct. |
| Ábstract | abstráct. | Férment | fermént. |
| Áccent | accént. | Fréquent | frequént. |
| Áffix | affíx. | Ímport | impórt. |
| Aúgment | augmént. | Íncense | incénse. |
| Cólleague | colléague. | Ínsult | insúlt. |
| Cómpact | compáct. | Óbject | objéct. |
| Cómpound | compóund. | Pérfume | perfúme. |
| Cómpress | compréss. | Pérmit | permít. |
| Cóncert | concért. | Préfix | prefíx. |
| Cóncrete | concréte. | Prémise | premíse. |
| Cónduct | condúct. | Présage | preságe. |
| Cónfine | confíne. | Présent | presént. |
| Cónflict | conflíct. | Próduce | prodúce. |
| Cónserve | consérve. | Próject | projéct. |
| Cónsort | consórt. | Prótest | protést. |
| Cóntract | contráct. | Rébel | rebél. |
| Cóntrast | contrást. | Récord | recórd. |
| Cónverse | convérse. | Réfuse | refúse. |
| Cónvert | convért. | Súbject | subjéct. |
| Déscant | descánt. | Súrvey | survéy. |
| Désert | desért. | Tórment | tormént. |
| Dígest | digést. | Tránsfer | transfér. |
| Éssay | essáy. | Tránsport | transpórt. |
Walker attributes the change of accent to the influence of the participial termination -ing. All words thus affected are of foreign origin.
IV. Verbs formed from nouns by changing a final sharp consonant into its corresponding flat one; as,