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VERBS
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(viii) Verbs.
The scheme of verbal flexion in Swinburne is as
follows: 1 know, thou knowest (you know), he knoweth,
knows; we know, ye (you) know, they know. The
modern forms of the second person sing, and plur. are rarer
than the archaic ones.
In the Masque of Queen Bersabe several Middle
English flexions are used:
the -en form of the pres. plur.
I, 234, ... if thou be keen
To note things amiss that been . . .
[224: sain]
the -en form of the infinitive:
I, 234, What shall I sain?
235, to waxen amorous.
the plural imp. in -eth:
I, 226, Sitteth now still and learn of me . . .
the pret. part, with y-:
1, 236, that sweet thing there y-set.
The conjugation of strong verbs presents many
peculiar features. From the older stages of the language verbs
like weet, wax, etc, have been adopted; and some verbs
are used in their extinct forms only.
1 here give a list of divergences of strong verbs,
denoting rare ones by an asterisk, and giving the place of
quotation in each case.
bear bare (II, 26)
behold beholden (II, 105)
bind *bounden (IV, 124)
break brake (II, 94)
burst *brast (I, 221)
cleave *clave (VI, 71)
drink drunken (IV, 16)
drive drave (II, 228)
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