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verbs belong to one of two main groupings: strong verbs and weak verbs.
The strong verbs realize differences of tense by variation in the stem vowel. They are assigned to
seven main classes, according to the vowel variation shown. Thus RIDE v., a Class I strong verb,
shows the following vowel gradation in its "principal parts", from which all of its other inflections
can be inferred:
1.infinitive: rdan
2.past tense singular: rd
3.past tense plural: ridon
4.past participle: (ge)riden
Similarly, the Class III strong verb BIND v. shows the following principal parts:
1.infinitive: bindan
2.past tense singular: band (or bond)
3.past tense plural: bundon
4.past participle: (ge)bunden
WEAK VERBS
The weak verbs form the past tense and past participle in a quite different way, using a suffix with a
vowel followed by -d-, which is the ancestor of the modern inflection in -ed (see `-ED' suffix¹).
Thuslufian LOVE v
annaabi.ee 
