| Present Indef. Tense. | Past Indef. Tense. | Perfect Participle. |
| Find | (fand, fond) found | found |
| Grind | ground | ground |
| Wind | wound(wond),Winded | wound |
3d Class. Vowel o, becoming e in past tense.
| Draw | drew | drawn |
| Fall | fell | fallen |
| saw | sawed | sawn, sawed |
| Wash | (wesh) washed | washen, washed |
| Blow | blew | blown |
| Crow | erew, crowed | crowed |
| Fly | flew | flown |
| Grow | grew | grown |
| Hew | hewed | hewn, hewed |
| Hold | held | holden, held |
| Know | knew | known |
| Mow | (mew) mowed | mown, mowed |
| Show | (shew) showed | shown, showed |
| Snow | (snew) snowed | snowed |
| Sow | (sew) sowed | sown, sowed |
| Strow, strew (straw) | strewed, strowed | strewn, strown, strewed |
| Throw | threw | thrown |
| Let (late) | let | let |
| Slay | slew | slain |
| (loghe, leugh) laughed | laughed |
4th Class. Vowel o, shortened.
| Choose | chose (chase) | chosen |
| Go | gone | |
| Lose | lost | (lorn) lost |
| Shoot | shot | shotten, shot |
| Do | did | done |
5th Class.
| Come | came | come |
Note, that the participle "sawn" seems to have been formed analogically after "drawn;" also, that the word did is a contracted form; and the vowel i does not represent the o of the present, but is the short vowel sound of a reduplication of the d. It is the only instance in our language.
22. Second Division. Verbs which change their vowel sound, but form their perfect participles in d or t; and are therefore weak verbs.
1st Class. Vowels shortened.
| Bleed | bled | bled |
| Breed | bred | bred |
| Feed | fed | fed |
| Meet | met | met |
| Read | read | read |
| Speed | sped | sped |
| Bereave, reave | bereft, bereaved | bereft, bereaved |
| (clepe) | y-clept | |
| Deal | dealt | dealt |
| Deem | (dempt) deemed | deemed |
| dream | dreamt, dreamed | dreamt, dreamed |
| Feel | felt | felt |
| Flee | fled | fled |
| Hear | heard | heard |
| Keep | kept | kept |
| Kneel | knelt, kneeled | knelt, kneeled |
| Lean | leant, leaned | leant, leaned |
| Mean | meant | meant |
| Sleep | slept | slept |
| Sweep | swept | swept |
| Show | shod | shod |
2d Class. Vowels a, e, i, and o, changed into o, au, ou.
| Sell | sold | sold |
| Tell | told | told |
| Catch | caught, catched | caught, catched |
| Reach | (raught) reached | (raught) reached |
| Stretch | (straught, streight) stretched |
stretched |
| Teach | taught | taught |
| Distract | distracted | (distraught) distracted |
| Freight | freighted | fraught, freighted |
| Shall | should | |
| Will | would (woll) | |
| May | (mought) might | |
| Beseech | besought | besought |
| Bring | brought | brought |
| Buy | bought | bought |
| Own | ought, owed | owed |
| Seek | sought | sought |
| Think | thought | thought |
| Work | wrought, worked | wrought, worked |
Note, that the y in "y-clept" is the old participial prefix, of which only one other instance remains in occasional use in our language, "y-clad."
Note, also, that both "distraught" and "fraught" are formed from words derived from other languages.
23. Third Division. Contracted Weak Verbs.
| Have | had | had |
| Make | made | made |
| Lay | laid | laid |
| Pay | paid | paid |
| Say | said | said |
| Dwell | dwelt, dwelled | dwelt, dwelled |
| Pen | penned | pent, penned |
| Spill | spilt, spilled | spilt, spilled |
| (Wis) | (wist) | |
| Bend | bent, bended | bent, bended |
| Build | built, builded | built, builded |
| Gild | gilt, gilded | gilt, gilded |
| Gird | girt, girded | girt, girded |
| Lend | lent | lent |
| Rend | rent | rent |
| Send | sent | sent |
| Shend | shent | shent |
| Spend | spent | spent |
| (Wend) | went | |
| Cast | cast | cast |
| Cost | cost | cost |
| Cut | cut | cut |
| Hit | hit | hit |
| Hurt | hurt | hurt |
| Knit | knit, knitted | knit, knitted |
| Lift | lift, lifted | lift, lifted |
| Put | put | put |
| Quit | quit, quitted | quit, quitted |
| Rid | rid | rid |
| Roast | roasted | roast, roasted |
| Set | set | set |
| Shed | shed | shed |
| Shred | shred | shred |
| Shut | shut | shut |
| Split | split, splitted | split, splitted |
| Spread | spread | spread |
| Thrust | thrust | thrust |
| Wet | wet, wetted | wet, wetted |
