pret.
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In Howlate, III, 16, sacht vb. pret., made peace.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
Final ch after vowels interchanged with medial h, as schuoch, shoe, gen. schuohes; hōch, high, gen. hōhes; nāch, near, adv. nāhe; pret. geschach, sach, beside geschëhen, to happen, sëhen, to see.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph
The pret. subjunctive and the second pers. pret. indicative have the same stem-vowel as the pret. plural indicative.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph
The pret. neg. robh appears to be made up of the verbal participle ro, the same with do, and bha, throwing away the last vowel; ro bha, robh.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander
Verbs with medial ck have double preterites, as decken, to cover, pret. dacte beside dahte, and similarly drücken, drucken, to press, smecken, to taste, wecken, to awake.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph
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