bregdan  ")  -,  -,•  .  .  f  braegd  fbrugdon  fbrogden
(bredan,  16)  J '  'I  (braed),  I  (brudon);  I  (broden)

stregdan  \  fstraegd  Tstrugdon  fstrogden

(stredan)/^  I  (strsed),!  (stradon);l  (stroden)

berstan,  burst;  baerst,          burston;          borsten.
liv       AN  OUTLINE  OF  ANGLO-SAXON  GEAMMAE.
inquire  ;


fferscan,  thresh;
frignan

(frinan,16)
murnan,  mourn;
spurnan       j

(spornan) j


ffaersc,  frurscon ;  fforscen.
j  f  raegn  f  f rugnon  f  f rugnen

I  (fran),l  (frfinon);  I  (frunen).
mearn,       murnoii.
spearn,       spurnon.
NOTE  3.  —  stregelaii  has  also  become  a  weak  verb.  —  By  the  loss
of  g  and  the  compensatory  lengthening  of  the  radical  vowel  frignan
becomes  frman  (16),  and  being  thus  attracted  to  Class  I,  yields  the
preterit  f  ran.  There  is  also  occasionally  assimilation  of  g  to  n  result-
ing in  frinnan,  pret.  pi.  f runnon,  etc.  The  metathesis  of  n  appears
m  pret.  sg.  freng,  pret.  pi.  frungon.  Other  forms  are:  pret.  pi.
f rugon ;  pp.  gef rugen,  gef regen,  gefraegen  and  gefrigen  (cf .  87,
Note).
86.  Class  IV.  —  Vowels:  e;  ae,  ae;  o  (u).  —  (Germ.
e;  a,  e;  o  (u)).  In  this  class  the  radical  vowel  is  fol-
lowed by  a  single  liquid  or  nasal  (1,  r,  m).  Thus,


(ot)  beran,  bear  ;
s  cwelan,  dw  ;
helan,  conceal;
stelan,  steal ;
teran,  tear  ;

(6)  br»can,  break;

(c)  scieran  (10),  shear  ;

(d)  niman,  take;
cuman,  come  ;


baer(7),  baeron;  boren.
cwael,  cwaelon ;  cwolen.
hael,  haelon ;  holen.
stael,  station ;  stolen,

taer,  taeron ;  toren.
braec,         braecon ;          brocen.
scearon ;          scoren.
numen.
scear,

f  iioin          (  nomon
\    (nam),  I    (namon);

c(w)om,


f  cumen
1    (cymen).
