These are a sub-set of the preterite-present verbs, which can be used to tell a speaker's attitude towards what he's saying. They are used with the bare infinitive of the verb, as in English, German, Dutch, and other Germanic languages. * Modals: * durren - to dare to * kunnen - to know how to, be able to, can * magen - to be able to, can * moten - to have permission to, may, can * scullen - to be obligated to, ought, shall * þurfen - to need to * willen - to want to In Englisc, magen is the closest to the modern English "can, be able to" for translations.