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Early Britain - Anglo-Saxon Britain by Grant Allen
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_Inst._ thy, thære, thy.


PLUR.

Masc. Fem. Neut.
_Nom._ tha.
_Gen._ thara.
_Dat._ tham.
_Acc._ tha.
_Inst._ --

Verbs are conjugated about as fully as in Latin. There are two principal
forms: strong verbs, which form their preterite by vowel modification,
as _binde_, pret. _band_; and weak verbs, which form it by the addition
of _ode_ or _de_ to the root, as _lufige_, pret. _lufode_; _hire_, pret.
_hirde_. The present and preterite of the first form are as follows:–


IND. SUBJ.

_Pres. sing._ 1. binde. binde.
2. bindest. binde.
3. bindeth. binde.

_plur._ 1, 2, 3. bindath. binden.

_Pret. sing._ 1. band. bunde.
2. bunde. bunde.
3. band. bunde.
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