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| - These verbs have a few common verbs, which alternate vowels between e-a-e. The 'a' is long, and you'll notice in an open single syllable it's doubled, while in the two-syllable or closed syllable forms, it's only 1 vowel. Example: spreken Verbs:
* bidden to pray; biddeþ, baad, gebeden
* breken to break; brikþ, braak, gebroken
* drepen to strike; dripþ, draap, gedropen (also gedrepen)
* etten to eat; ittþ, aat, geetten
* forgetten to forget; forgittþ, forgaat, forgetten
* fretten to devour; frittþ, fraat, gefretten
* fricgen to ask, inquire; frigþ, fraag, gefregen
* gefeen to rejoice; gefieþ, gefaah, gefeen
* gefen to give; gifþ, gaaf, gegefen
* genesen to be saved; geniesþ, genaas, genesen
* getten to get; gittþ, gaat, gegetten
* kneden to knead; knidþ, knaad, gekneden;
* kweðen to say; kwiþþ, kwaaþ, gekweden
* lesen to collect, gather; liesþ, laas, gelesen
* licgen to lie down; ligþ, laag, gelegen
* meten to measure; mietþ, maat, gemeten
* pleen to risk; plieþ, plaah, gepleen
* screpen to scrape; scripþ, scraap, gescrepen
* seen to see; sieþ, saah, geseen
* sitten to sit; sitteþ, saat, geseten
* spreken to speak; sprikþ, spraak, gesproken
* swefen to sleep; swifþ, swaaf, geswefen
* þicgen to receive, accept; consume, take food, poison, medicine; consume; þigþ, þaag, geþegen;
* treden to tread; tridþ, traad, getreden; (present typically pronounced 'tritt')
* wefen to weave; wifþ, waaf, gewefen
* wegen to carry; wigþ, waag, gewegen
* wesen to be; is, was, is gewesen
* wreken to avenge; wrikþ, wraak, gewreken
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