br[=u]can (_enjoy_) br[=y]cþ br[=e]ac brucon brocen b[=u]gan (_bow_) b[=y]hþ b[=e]ag bugon bogen l[=u]can (_lock_) l[=y]cþ l[=e]ac lucon locen l[=u]tan (_bow_) l[=y]tt l[=e]at luton loten sc[=u]fan (_push_) sc[=y]fþ s[.c][=e]af scufon scofen
There are three conjugations of weak verbs--(1) in _-an_, pret. _-de_ (_h[=i]eran_, _h[=i]erde_, 'hear'); (2) in _-ian_, pret. _-ede_ (_w[e,]nian_, _w[e,]nede_, 'wean'); (3) in _-ian_, pret. _-ode_ (_lufian_, _lufode_, 'love'). The verbs of the first two conjugations nearly all have a mutated vowel in the present and infinitive, which those of the third conjugation very seldom have.
This class of weak verbs has the same endings as the strong verbs, except in the pret. and past partic., which are formed by adding _-de_ and _-ed_ respectively, with the following consonant changes.
-ndde _becomes_ -nde _as in_ s[e,]nde _from_ s[e,]ndan (_send_). -llde " -lde " fylde " fyllan (_fill_). -tde " -tte " m[=e]tte " m[=e]tan (_find_). -pde " -pte " dypte " dyppan (_dip_). -cde " -hte " t[=æ]hte " t[=æ][.c]an (_show_).
The past partic. is generally contracted in the same way:--_s[e,]nd_, _m[=e]tt_, _t[=æ]ht_, but some of them often retain the uncontracted forms:--_fylled_, _dypped_. When declined like adjectives they drop their _e_ where practicable:--_fylled_, plur. _fylde_; _h[=i]ered_, _h[=i]erde_.
The 2nd and 3rd pres. sing. ind. are contracted as in the strong verbs.
INDICATIVE. SUBJUNCTIVE. _Pres. sing._ 1. h[=i]er-e (_hear_), h[=i]er-e. 2. h[=i]er-st, h[=i]er-e. 3. h[=i]er-þ, h[=i]er-e. _plur._ h[=i]er-aþ, h[=i]er-en. { 31}
_Pret. sing._ 1. h[=i]er-de, h[=i]er-de. 2. h[=i]er-dest, h[=i]er-de. 3. h[=i]er-de, h[=i]er-de. _plur._ h[=i]er-don, h[=i]er-den.
Imper. sing. h[=i]er; plur. h[=i]er-aþ. Infin. h[=i]er-an. Ptc. pres. h[=i]er-ende; pret. h[=i]er-ed. Gerund. t[=o] h[=i]er-enne.
INFINITIVE. THIRD PRES. PRET. PARTIC. PRET. æt·[=i]ewan (_show_) -[=i]ewþ -[=i]ewde -[=i]ewed. c[=y]þan (_make known_) c[=y]þþ c[=y]þde c[=y]þed, c[=y]dd fyllan (_fill_) fylþ fylde fylled (n[=e]a)l[=æ][.c]an (_approach_) -l[=æ][.c]þ -l[=æ]hte -l[=æ]ht l[=æ]dan (_lead_) l[æ]tt l[=æ]dde l[=æ]dd l[e,][.c][.g]an (_lay_) l[e,][.g]þ l[e,][.g]de l[e,][.g]d [.g]e·l[=i]efan (_believe_) -l[=i]efþ -l[=i]efde -l[=i]efed n[e,]mnan (_name_) n[e,]mneþ n[e,]mnde n[e,]mned s[e,]ndan (_send_) s[e,]nt s[e,]nde s[e,]nd s[e,]ttan (_set_) s[e,]tt s[e,]tte s[e,]tt sm[=e]an (_consider_) sm[=e]aþ sm[=e]ade sm[=e]ad t[=æ][.c]an (_show_) t[=æ][.c]þ t[=æ]hte t[=æ]ht w[e,]ndan (_turn_) w[e,]nt w[e,]nde w[e,]nd