Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb (6)
to understand; to perceive (also understondan)
Etymology
Paradigm
4.1.6. - VI class
The sixth class was characterized by the Prot-Germ vowel gradation ă – ō – ō– ă [← Indo-Europ quantitative ablaut ŏ – ō – ō – ŏ].
This vowel gradation finds the following expression in Anglo-Saxon (depending on the surroundings of the stem vowel):
| VI class | infinitive | past tense singular | past tense plural | past participle |
| to shake, quiver | scacan, sceacan | scóc, scéac | scócon, scéacon | scacen |
| to lift up, raise | hebban | hóf | hóf | hafen, hæfen |
| to strike; to beat | sléan | slóȝ, slóh | slóȝon | slæȝen |
| to stand | standan, stondan | stód | stódon | standen, stonden |
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