In Middle English and Early New English

Pnncipal forms   OE   ME   NE  
    Class 1   Class 1      
Inf. Past Part. 11   deman demde demed   demen deemde demed   deem deemed deemed  
        Class 2      
Inf. Past Part. 11   styrian slyrede styred   stiren stirede stired   stir stirred stirred  
    Class 2          
Inf. Past Part. II   locian locode locod   looken lookede looked   look looked looked  

MnE Classification of weak verbs into 1 and 2 classes is no longer applicable to MnE. In ME

it was still possible to draw a distinction between the two classes according as the past tense

had or had not an -e- before the-d of the past suffix; in MnE, when the unstressed -e- disap-

peared in all cases, this distinction can no longer be upheld. The ME class 1 verb demen -

demde - demed and the ME class 2 verb hopen - hopede - hoped have quite similar forms in

MnE: deem - deemed - deemed [dim - di:md - di:md]; hope -hoped - hoped [houp - houpt -

houpt].

The unstressed vowel has been preserved after -d- and -t- only: end - ended - ended,

want - wanted - wanted.

Some weak verbs became strong in the MnE period. For example the OE verb hydan -

hudde - hyded 'hide', ME hiden - hidde - hidd, became a class 1 strong verb.

 








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