| Arn, I ran; urnon, we run. | Dranc, I drank; druncon, we drunk. |
| Ongan, I began; ongunnon, we begun. | Sanc, I sank; suncon, we sunk. |
| Span, I span; spunnon, we spun. | Sprang, I sprang; sprungon, we sprung. |
| Sang, I sang; sungon, we sung. | Swam, I swam; swummon, we swum. |
| Swang, I swang; swungon, we swung. | Rang, I rang; rungon, we rung. |
From these examples the reader has himself drawn his inference; viz. that words like
| Began, begun. | Sank, sunk. |
| Ran, run. | Swam, swum. |
| Span, spun. | Rang, rung. |
| Sang, sung. | Bat, bit. |
| Swang, swung. | Smote, smit. |
| Sprang, sprung. | Drank, drunk, &c., |
generally called double forms of the past tense, were originally different numbers of the same tense, the forms in a, as swam, being singular, and the forms in u, as swum, plural.
CHAPTER XXI.
ON MOODS.
[§ 291]. The Anglo-Saxon infinitive has already been considered.
Between the second plural imperative, and the second plural indicative, speak ye, and ye speak, there is no difference of form.