Category:Old English class 6 strong verbs

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Newest pages ordered by last category link update:
  1. onsacan
  2. gespanan
  3. bespanan
  4. scippan
  5. forspanan
  6. spanan
  7. lean
  8. gewascan
  9. haldan
  10. sceaþan
Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. onsacan
  2. understondan
  3. ofslean
  4. agalan
  5. ahliehhan
  6. hlehhan
  7. ætstandan
  8. geswerian
  9. gehebban
  10. gesacan

The Proto-Indo-European origin of this class is not securely known. It contains verbs with the stem vowel -a-, except those where it is followed by a sonorant and another consonant (this combination was considered a diphthong in PIE and therefore belonged to class 7).


The vowel pattern is:

Form Regular j-present
Present tense -a- -e-
Past singular ind. -ō- -ō-
Past general -ō- -ō-
Past participle -a- -a-