Verbs
M5

CLASS VI.
Pret. Sing. Pret. PI. P.P.
§300.
īnfin.
ō
ō
a
for
forum
farans
for
forum
farinn
for
fōron
færen
for
fōrun
gifaran
fuor
fuorun
gifaran
slōh
slōhum
slahans
grof
grōbum
grabans
frōþ
frōþum
fraþans
Goth, faran, to go
O.Icel. far»
OE. faraa
OS. faran
OHG. faran
Goth, slahan, to smite
graban, to dig
fraþjan, to under- frōþ

stand
§310. To this class also belong:—alan, to grow; us-anan, to expire; ga-daban, to beseem; ga-draban, to hew out; ga-dragan, to heap up; af-hlaþan, to lade; malan, to grind; sakan, to dispute; skaban, to shave; standan, to stand; swaran, to swear; þwahan, to ivash ; wakan, to wake.
Seven verbs of this class have j in the present; but in other respects are like faran, &c.; fraþjan, to understand; hafjan, to raise; hlahjan, to laugh ; ga-rabjan, to count; ga-skapjan, to create; skaþjan, to injure ; wahsjan, to grow. Cp. the similar formation of the present in verbs like Lat. capiō, faciō. These seven verbs are conjugated in the present tense like nasjan or sōkjan according to the rules given in § 318.
NOTE.—OE. OS. swerian, OHG. swerien, O.Icel. sverja, to swear, show that Goth, swaran is a new formation for *swarjan.
The η in standan (stðþ, stōþum, *staþans) belongs to the present only, cp. Engl. stand, stood, and Lat. perfects like frēgī, vīcī to presents frangō, vincō.
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