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378 On English PfCEterites. The above combinations are arranged in the following manner in the remaining six strong conjugations, No. Pres. Praet. sing. Prget. pi. Part. 7. al &c. 61 &c. 61 &c. al. &c. 8. eim. &c. aim &c. im &c. aim &c. 9. iup &c. aup &c. up &c. up &c. 10. il. &c. al &c. el &c. il &c. 11. iL &c. al. &c. el &c. ul. &c. 12. ilp. &c. alp. &c. ulp &c. ulp &c. or as may be clearer seen in an example of each^ 7. sak-a. increpo. s6k5 s6k-um. sak-ans. 8. kein-a. germino. kain, kain-um. kin-ans. 9. hiuf-a. ploro. hauf, huf-um. huf-ans. 10. gib-a. do. gaf, geb-um. gib-ans. 11. nim-a. sumo. nam^ nem-um. num-ans. 12. hilp-a. juvo. halp, hulp-um. hulp-ans. Such were in Gothic the twelve conjugations which have been nick-named iri^egular. Of these the first six or re- duplicative, exist as such only in Gothic^ though as late as the Anglo-Saxon of the seventh century, traces of the second remained in the word heht, or as it should be divided he-ht, the Gothic hai-hait vocavi. But the fact of an older organization of these verbs having perished seems proved in Anglo-Saxon by the observation that very few of them fall under the six last named formsj or have gone over into the weak conjugations in -ede and -6de ; and this it was natural for them to do at any rate, in process of time. But though they ceased to be reduplicative, they still did not cease to be regular, as will be seen by comparing with the Gothic reduplicatives above given, the following Anglo-Saxon verbs, 1. fealle. cado. feol, feoUon. feallen. 2. swape. verro. sweop, sweopon, swapen.