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§308. To this class also belong: — biđjan, to pray; diwan, to die ; fitan, to travail in birth ; fraíhnan, to ask ; bi-gitan, to find; hlifan, to steal; itan, to eat; ligan, to lie down ; lisan, to gather ; ga-nisan, to be saved ; niþan, to help ; rikan, to heap up ; sitan, to sit ; ga-widan, to bind ; ga-wigan, to shake down ; wisan, to be, remain ; wrikan, to persecute.

NOTE. — In bidjan (baþ, bēđum, biđans) the j belongs to the present only. In the present tense biđjan is conjugated like nasjan (§ 317). sitan, ligan are new formations. The regular forms would be *sitjan, *ligjan, cp. the corresponding forms of the other Germanic languages. O.Icel. sitja, Hggja, OE. sittan, licgan, OS. sittian, liggian, OHG. sitzen, Uggen.

In fraíhnan (frah, frēhum, fraihans) the η belongs to the present only. The pret. of itan is it (occurring in fret, pret of fra-itan, to devour) = OE. æt, OHG. ā-ζ, Lat. ēdī.



		144 Accidence [§§ 307-8 CLASS V. § 807. To this class belong strong verbs having i (aí) in the infinitive, and whose stems end in a single consonant other than a liquid or a nasal. Cp. § 124. Infin, Fret. Sing. Prct. PI. P.P. l(aí, §67) a ē i (aí, §67) gihan, to give gaf gēbum gibans qiþan, to say qaþ qēþum qiþans saíh/an, to see salv sēhram saítvans sniwan, to snáu (§ 15O) snēwum sniwans hasten Goth. mitan, to mat mētum mitans measure O.Icel. meta mat m9tum metinn OE. metan mæt mæton meten OHG. me^an ma% mā%%un gime^an

			§308. To this class also belong: — biđjan, to pray; diwan, to die ; fitan, to travail in birth ; fraíhnan, to ask ; bi-gitan, to find; hlifan, to steal; itan, to eat; ligan, to lie down ; lisan, to gather ; ga-nisan, to be saved ; niþan, to help ; rikan, to heap up ; sitan, to sit ; ga-widan, to bind ; ga-wigan, to shake down ; wisan, to be, remain ; wrikan, to persecute. NOTE. — In bidjan (baþ, bēđum, biđans) the j belongs to the present only. In the present tense biđjan is conjugated like nasjan (§ 317). sitan, ligan are new formations. The regular forms would be sitjan, ligjan, cp. the corresponding forms of the other Germanic languages. O.Icel. sitja, Hggja, OE. sittan, licgan, OS. sittian, liggian, OHG. sitzen, Uggen. In fraíhnan (frah, frēhum, fraihans) the η belongs to the present only. The pret. of itan is it (occurring in fret, pret of fra-itan, to devour) = OE. æt, OHG. ā-ζ, Lat. ēdī.