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[w. - weak verb. obs. - obsolete.]
Present | Past | Past Participle |
abide | abode | abode |
arise | arose | arisen |
awake | awoke, awaked (w). | awoke, awaked (w). |
bear | bore | borne, born |
beat | beat | beaten |
begin | began | begun |
behold | beheld | beheld, beholden |
bid | bade, bid | bidden, bid |
bind | bound | bound |
bite | bit | bitten, bit |
blow | blew | blown |
break | broke | broken |
burst | burst | burst |
chide | chid | chidden, chid |
choose | chose | chosen |
cleave | clave, cleft (w). | cloven, cleft (w). |
cling | clung | clung |
come | came | come |
crow | crew, crowed (w). | crowed (w). |
dig | dug | dug |
do | did | done |
draw | drew | drawn |
drink | drank, drunk | drunk, drunken |
drive | drove | driven |
eat | ate | eaten |
Present | Past | Past Participle |
fall | fell | fallen |
fight | fought | fought |
find | found | found |
forbear | forbore | forborne |
forget | forgot | forgotten |
forsake | forsook | forsaken |
freeze | froze | frozen |
get | got | got, gotten |
give | gave | given |
grind | ground | ground |
grow | grew | grown |
hang | hung | hung, hanged |
heave | hove, heaved (w). | hoven, heaved (w). |
hide | hid | hidden |
hold | held | held |
know | knew | known |
lie | lay | lain |
ride | rode | ridden |
ring | rang, rung | rung |
rise | rose | risen |
run | ran | run |
see | saw | seen |
seethe | sod, seethed (w). | sodden, seethed (w). |
shake | shook | shaken |
shine | shone | shone |
shoot | shot | shot |
show | shew (obs)., showed (w). | shown, showed (w). |
shrink | shrank, shrunk | shrunk, shrunken |
shrive | shrove, shrived (w). | shriven, shrived (w). |
sing | sang, sung | sung |
sink | sank, sunk | sunk, sunken |
sit | sat | sat |
slay | slew | slain |
slide | slid | slidden, slid |
sling | slung | slung |
slink | slunk | slunk |
smite | smote | smitten |
Present | Past | Past Participle |
speak | spoke | spoken |
spin | spun | spun |
spring | sprang, sprung | sprung |
stand | stood | stood |
stave | stove, staved (w). | staved (w). |
steal | stole | stolen |
stick | stuck | stuck |
sting | stung | stung |
stink | stank, stunk | stunk |
stride | strode | stridden |
strike | struck | struck, stricken |
string | strung | strung |
strive | strove | striven |
swear | swore | sworn |
swim | swam, swum | swum |
swing | swung | swung |
take | took | taken |
tear | tore | torn . |
thrive | throve, thrived (w). | thriven, thrived (w). |
throw | threw | thrown |
tread | trod | trodden |
wake | woke, waked (w). | waked |
wear | wore | worn |
weave | wove | woven |
win | won | won |
wind | wound | wound |
wring | wrung | wrung |
write | wrote | written |
Present | Past | Past Participle |
bend | bent | bent |
bereave | bereft | bereft, bereaved |
beseech | besought | besought |
bleed | bled | bled |
blend | blended | blent |
breed | bred | bred |
bring | brought | brought |
build | built, builded | built, builded |
burn | burnt, burned | burnt, burned |
buy | bought | bought |
cast | cast | cast |
. catch | caught | caught |
cleave | cleft, cleaved | cleft, cleaved |
clothe | clad, clothed | clad, clothed |
cost | cost | cost |
creep | crept | crept |
cut | cut | cut |
dare | durst, dared | dared |
deal | dealt | dealt |
dream | dreamt, dreamed | dreamt, dreamed |
dwell | dwelt | dwelt |
feed | fed | fed |
feel | felt | felt |
flee | fled | fled |
freight | freighted | fraught, freighted |
gild | gilded, gilt | gilded, gilt |
grave | graved | graved, graven |
have | had | had |
hear | heard | heard |
hew | hewed | hewed, hewn |
hide | hid | hid, hidden |
hit | hit | hit |
hurt | hurt | hurt |
keep | kept | kept |
kneel | knelt | knelt |
Present | Past | Past Participle |
knit | knit, knitted | knit, knitted |
lay | laid | laid |
lead | led | led |
leap | leaped, leapt | leaped, leapt |
learn | learned, learnt | learned, learnt |
let | let | let |
leave | left | left |
light | lighted, lit | lighted, lit |
lose | lost | lost |
make | made | made |
mean | meant | meant |
meet | met | met |
mow | mowed | mowed, mown |
pay | paid | paid |
pen (to confine) | penned, pent | penned, pent |
put | put | put |
quit | quit | quit |
read | read | read |
rend | rent | rent |
rid | rid | rid |
rive | rived | rived, riven |
saw | sawed | sawed, sawn |
say | said | said |
seek | sought | sought |
send | sent | sent |
set | set | set |
shave | shaved | shaved, shaven |
shear | sheared | sheared, shorn |
shed | shed | shed |
shoe | shod | shod |
shoot | shot | shot |
show | showed | showed, shown |
shred | shred | shred |
shut | shut | shut |
sleep | slept | slept |
slit | slit | slit |
smell | smelled, smelt | smelled, smelt |
Present | Past | Past Participle |
sow | sowed | sowed, sown |
speed | sped | sped |
spend | spent | spent |
spell | spelled, spelt | spelled, spelt |
spill | spilled, spilt | spilled, spilt |
spit | spat | spit |
split | split | split |
spoil | spoiled, spoilt | spoiled, spoilt |
spread | spread | spread |
strew | strewed | strewed, strown |
sweat | sweat | sweat |
sweep | swept | swept |
swell | swelled | swelled, swollen |
teach | taught | taught |
tell | told | told |
think | thought | thought |
thrust | thrust | thrust |
weep | wept | wept |
wend | wended, went | wended |
wet | wet | wet |
whet | whetted, whet | whetted, whet |
work | worked, wrought | worked, wrought |
 
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