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:â 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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