}§33i-3] Verbs 161 original stem-form of the pres. sing, bunđnō-, fullnō-, &c. + the endings of the first class of weak verbs. § 331. Like fullnan are conjugated the following verbs and a few others: af-dumbnan, to hold one's peace ; af-dáubnan, to become deaf; af-taúrnan, to be torn away from; and-bundnan, to be unbound; bi-áuknan, to become larger ; dis-skritoan, to become torn; fra-lusnan, to perish; fra-qistnan, to perish ; ga-batnan, to profit; ga-blindnan, to become blind; ga-đáuþnan, to die; ga-haftnan, to be attached to; ga-háilnan, to become whole ; ga-qiunan, to be made alive; ga-skáidnan, to become parted; ga-þaúrsnan, to dry up, wither away ; ga-waknan, to awake ; in-feinan, to be moved with compassion; mikilnan, to be magnified; tundnan, to take fire ; ufar-hafnan, to be exalted; us-geisnan, to be aghast; us-gutnan, to be poured out; us-háuhnan, to be exalted; us-luknan, to become unlocked; us-mērnan, to be proclaimed; weihnan, to become holy.
		C. MINOR GROUPS. A. PRETERITE-PRESENTS. § 832. These verbs were originally unreduplicated perfects which acquired a pres. meaning like Skr. veda, Gr. o'Sa, Lat. nōvī, / know, to which a new weak preterite (see § 340), an infinitive, and a pres. participle were formed in the prim. Germanic period. They are inflected in the pres. like the preterite of strong verbs. The following verbs, most of which are very defective, belong to this class:— § 333. I. Ablaut-series. wait, / know, a sing, waist (§ 138), ι pi. witum, subj. witjáu, pret. wissa (§ 138), subj. pret. wissēdjáu, pres. part, witanđs, infin. 'witan. láis, I know. This is the only form extant. 1187 a