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The five following have in the Present:

segi	at	segja	sagða	segði	sagt,	to say
þegi	-	þegja	þagða	þegði	þagat,	to be silent
þykki	-	þykkja	þótta	þœtti	þott,	to think
yrki	-	yrkja	orta	yrti	ort	to write verse
			yrkta	yrkti	yrkt	to work
sœki	-	sœkja	sótta	sœtti	sótt,	to seek.

142. Some are also irregular in the Present, where they
become monosyll.; and like the Imperfect of the closed order,
they are:

ann	at	unna	unna	ynni	unt,	to grant
man	-	muna	munda	myndi	munat,	to remember
kann	-	kunna	kunna	kynni	kunnat,	to be able
man	-	mundu	munda	myndi	wanting	will, would
mun	-	munu		mundi
skal	-	skyldu	skylda	skyldi	wanting	shall, ought
	-	skulu
þarf	-	þurfa	þurfta	þyrfti	þurft,	to be needful
á	-	eiga	átta	ætti	átt,	to own
má	-	mega	mátta	mætti	mátt,	to be able
kná	-	knega	knátta	knætti	(knátt),
veit	-	vita	vissa	vissi	vitað,	to know

A regular word unni, unta, ynti, unt must be
distinguished from ann. For kná is also found knai, knáða,
knàð.

143. The irregularities in the Present consist in these
verbs, that the 1^st and 3^rd person are alike, the 2^nd receives
the termination -t or -st in words in which the principal letter
is t, chiefly in the word veit; the 2^nd pers. Plur. receives in
some words -ut or -it, the 3^rd pers. Plur. often receives -u (o)
by the ancient, and -a by the modern writers, as:

Sing.	1. 3.	kann	skal	á	veit
2.		kant	skalt	átt	veizt
Plur.	1.	kunnum	skulum	eigum	vitum
2.		kunnit	skulut	eigut (i)	vitið (að)
3.		kunna.	skulu.	eigu (a).	vita (u).

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