Weak Verbs III
Class III consists of four verbs: 'habban - to have', 'libban - to live', 'secgan - to say', and 'hycgan - to think/to intend'. These verbs do not conjugate in the same way as each other, and can combine features of the first two weak classes, so they need to be learned individually. Since these verbs are very common, there are many variant spellings but the ones below are the most common. Note that the endings are the same as for other weak verbs.
Weak Verbs Class III | ||||
Present Tense | Past Tense | Present Suffix | Past Suffix | |
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1st Person Singular | Ic hæbbe | Ic hæfde | -e | -de |
2nd Person Singular | Þu hæfst | Þu hæfdest | -st | -dest |
3rd Person Singular | He/Hit/Heo hæfþ | He/Hit/Heo hæfde | -aþ | -de |
1st Person Plural | We habbaþ | We hæfdon | -aþ | -don |
2nd Person Plural | Ge habbaþ | Ge hæfdon | -aþ | -don |
3rd Person Plural | Hie habbaþ | Hie hæfdon | -aþ | -don |
Weak Verbs Class III | ||||
Present Tense | Past Tense | Present Suffix | Past Suffix | |
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1st Person Singular | Ic libbe | Ic lifde | -e | -de |
2nd Person Singular | Þu leofast | Þu lifdest | -ast | -dest |
3rd Person Singular | He/Hit/Heo leofaþ | He/Hit/Heo lifde | -aþ | -de |
1st Person Plural | We libbaþ | We lifdon | -aþ | -don |
2nd Person Plural | Ge libbaþ | Ge lifdon | -aþ | -don |
3rd Person Plural | Hie libbaþ | Hie lifdon | -aþ | -don |
Weak Verbs Class III | ||||
Present Tense | Past Tense | Present Suffix | Past Suffix | |
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1st Person Singular | Ic secge | Ic secgde | -e | -de |
2nd Person Singular | Þu sægst | Þu sægdest | -st | -dest |
3rd Person Singular | He/Hit/Heo sægþ | He/Hit/Heo sægde | -þ | -de |
1st Person Plural | We secgaþ | We sægdon | -aþ | -don |
2nd Person Plural | Ge secgaþ | Ge sægdon | -aþ | -don |
3rd Person Plural | Hie secgaþ | Hie sægdon | -aþ | -don |
Weak Verbs Class III | ||||
Present Tense | Past Tense | Present Suffix | Past Suffix | |
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1st Person Singular | Ic hycge | Ic hogde | -e | -de |
2nd Person Singular | Þu hygst | Þu hogdest | -st | -dest |
3rd Person Singular | He/Hit/Heo hygþ | He/Hit/Heo hogde | -þ | -de |
1st Person Plural | We hycgaþ | We hogdon | -aþ | -don |
2nd Person Plural | Ge hycgaþ | Ge hogdon | -aþ | -don |
3rd Person Plural | Hie hycgaþ | Hie hogdon | -aþ | -don |
Now that you know the basics of Class III Weak Verbs, the next thing to do is practice what you have learned. Feel free to use the table to help you with the first batch of questions. You can hide the table at any point by clicking the orange 'Hide Table' button. Otherwise you can continue on to the next topic.
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