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2nd and 3rd 3rd sing adjectives adjs anne Participles beran Class III compensatory lengthening conjugated contracted verbs cuman declined Diph Diphthongisation double consonant drincan ending faran fōn geat Germ Germanic period gierwan gōde Gradation-row grēne guttural vowel hebban helpan i-mutation i-stems Infin Infinitive Infl.-N inflection Instr Late West Saxon licgan Loss-G mutated mutated vowel nasal Neut neuter NOTES Old English ordinary declension original long stems original short stems palatal palatalisation past forms past pl past plur past sing PAST Subjunctive past tense past-present Plural pres PRESENT Indicative Present Past Indicative PRESENT Subjunctive Reduplicating Reduplicating verbs root-syllable Secondary paradigm seen seon settan Singular stressed vowels strong verbs Subjunctive Superl syllable syncope U-Mutation uninflected verbs of Class Verner's Law weak presents weak verbs wennan West Saxon witan words