THE 



269 



didde, i. 112 : ii. 123. lefte, ii. 28, 309. 



made, ii. 27, 29, 83. 



laste, i. 342 : ii. 49. 



hadde, i. 55, 101: ii. highte, ii. 161, 236: 



26 : iii. 364. 

 saide, i. 47, 49. 

 answerde, iii. 36, 38. 

 betidde, iii. 374. 

 filde, ii. 204. 

 wolde, i. 2, 101. 



hatte, ii. 163. 

 might e, iii. 74, 76. 

 loste, i. 207: ii. 150, 



324. 

 thoughte, ii. 36 : iii. 366. 

 wroughte, ii. 188. 



shulde, i. 199 : ii. 27, 28. roughte (recked), i. 240. 



smette, for smot, i. 234 f. 



6. -The Imperfect Indicative sometimes drops 

 the e of the above-mentioned terminations. 



made, i. 199. 

 had, i. 77, 128. 

 said, i. 276 : iii. 315. 



wold, i. 321, 338 : iii. 325. 

 shuld, i. 360 : iii. 235, 322. 

 thought, i. 302 : ii. 24. 



liked, i. 326. 

 herde, iii. 69. 

 happed, i. 199. 

 trusted, iii. 70. 

 feigned, i. 170 ? 

 lacked, iii. 256 ? 



ete of and died, god wote how, i. 261, should read, 

 et of and diede) god wot how. 



c. The Second Person Singular of the Imperfect 

 Indicative of Simple Verbs is formed in -est, as in 

 Saxon and modern English. 



woldest, couthest, haddest, i. 60. 

 behightest, ii. 294. 

 mightest, iii. 83. 



§ 54. Imperfect of Strong, Complex, or u Irreg- 

 ular " Verbs. 



a. Several Strong or Complex Verbs have in 

 Oower the Imperfect Tense in e, contrary both to 



ancient and present rule. 



felle 



(but befell, 



i. 214 : ii. 68 f : fel, i. 27, 34, 67 : ii. 72.) 



with him he toke manifold(e), ii. 231. 



she drove fortli by chare and wheel, ii. 261. 



with whiche he bonde both her amies, ii. 318. 



with her where as I came fro, ii. 98. 



upon my self this ilke talc come, iii. 350. 



till that he founde out at laste, ii. 231 (very sus- 

 picious). 



til it befelle that at 4aste, i. 27, should probably 

 read, til it befell that attc laste. 



l>. The Second Person Singular of the Imperfect 

 Indicative of Strong Verbs (which in Saxon ends 

 in e), in the few cases which occur, either has e, or 

 is the same as the First Person. 



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thou sir/he never tliilki 1 ptog, i. 807. 



sigh O], 



»ye? ii. 21 



tverv thou afered of her 



whan thou in thy bat .were, iii. 155. 



3! 



thou toMwe all other mennes chaunee, iii. 79. 



344. 



Even " my sone if that thou well bethought * (rh 

 nought), occurs, iii. :>57. 



Gow 



c. Examples of the Complex Iraperfec 



in 



er. 



brak, ii. 30. 



bar, i. 153, 187. 



sat, ii. 47. 



spak, ii. 272. 



stal, ii. 335, 355. 



cam, i. 50, 120, 148, wan, i. 157. 



fleigh, ii. 335. 



drough (drew), i. 182,212. 

 slough, i. 1 « > .">. 



lou-h, i. K'1,104,171. 

 shop, i. 257. 



156. 



halp, iii. 209, 322. 



bad, i. 47, 127, 140, starf, i. 189. 



170, 186. 

 yaf, i. Ill : ii. 120. 

 quod, i. 47, 321. 

 fell, i. 95 : ii. 72. 



malt, ii. 37. 



l>ark(e)(=barked),i.221 



drof, i. 314 : ii. 64. 



aros, ros, i. 142: ii. 160. 



wax, i. 217, 312: ii. 169, 257, :!27. 



337. 



sew 



( 



190. 



hew ( 

 263. 

 heng(e), i. 263. 



shof, i. 165 : ii. 5. 



sowed), ii. ches ( = chose), i. 242, 



368 : ii. 237. 

 hewed), ii. lees, les(e) (=:lost), iii. 61, 



215. 



sigh (A. S. seah 



saw), 



wissh, ii. 137: iii. 162. i. 24, 52, 93, 137: iii. 



360, 361. 



§ 55. The Plural of the Imperfect Indicative 



(both 



a. m -en. 



weren, i. 4: ii. 36, 188, 190: wrougli n, ii. 55. 



had den, ii. 173. 



iii. 251. 



dicfen, i. 4. 



fellen, i. 34 : ii. 184. 

 sawen, i. 115. 



translateden,ii.90. 

 foundedon. ii. 157. 



foughten. ii. 72. 

 I^hen, i. 194: ii. 113: iii. 251. fcnewen. ii. 127. _ 



comen, i. 368 : iii. 251. 

 kisten. ii. 27. 

 maden, ii. So. 

 Heighten, i 1 ', 36. 

 shulden, ii. 85. 



loveden, iii. 31. 

 herden, iii. 251. 



founden, iii. 253. 

 contreveden, ii 

 84. 



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