| Bring, | brought. |
| Think, | thought. |
They were opened in sound, and also took the ending ode, od (our ed), and then came into our shapes by sundry wonted changes:—
| -ing (as of bring) became -ong. | ||
| -ing-ed | became | (1) -ong-ed. |
| -ong-ed | „ | (2) -ong’d. |
| -ong’d | „ | (3) -onk’d. |
Then the d, a mild penning after a hard penning (k), became hard, t:—
| -onk’d | became | (4) -onk’t. |
| -onk’t | „ | (5) -ok’t. |
| -ok’t | „ | (6) -o’t, |
as k and t are harsh together. Whence—
| Bring | bro’t (brought). |
| Buy (bycg, A.S.) | bo’t. |
| Seek (sec, A.S.) | so’t. |
| Teach (taec, A.S.) | to’t. |
Our gh as in taught is the now unuttered (though still written) throat-penning.
Time-takings or time-givings may be taken as thing-marks, as ‘the hunting dog’; ‘the hunted hare.’