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THE IRREGULAR VERBS 145 IV. PLUPERFECT not found, except third person singular, dothye or dethye, and third pi. dothyans. Singular. Plural. 1. dothyen, dethyen. i. dothyen, dethyen. 2. dothyes, dethyes. 2. dothyeugh, dethyeugh. 3. do thy a, dethya. 3. dot hy ens, dethyens. V. SUBJUNCTIVE. Singular. Plural. 1. deffev. i. deffen. 2. deffy. 2. deffeugh. 3. deffo. 3. deffens. IMPERATIVE. Singular. Plural. 1. wanting. i. dewn (dun, dueri). 2. des (dues, dus}. 2. deugh (dugh}. 3. dens. 3. dens. INFINITIVE, dos. PARTICIPLES. PRESENT, ow tos ; PAST, devedhes. " I am come " is devedhes ov. The root vowels of this verb vary a good deal in the MSS. The ue is evidently a single syllable accord- ing to the rhythm, and so is the/ or ya. 3. Don, to bear or carry (earlier also doen, doyn). I. PRESENT. Singular. Plural. 1. degav. i. degon. 2. deges. 2. degough. 3. deg, dog. 3. degons. II. IMPERFECT, not found. III. PRETERITE. Singular. Plural. 1. diges (older duges). i. dtgon. 2. diges (duges). 2. dtgough. 3. dig (dug, duk}. 3. digons. K