pret.
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To GANG, pret. to go; to walk, in opposition to riding.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Alexander Leighton
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 Joseph Wright
Germanic *faŋχanan, to seize, catch, beside p.p. gevangen; and similarly hāhen, to hang, p.p. gehangen; pret. brāhte, dāhte, dūhte, beside bringen, to bring, denken, to think, dunken, to seem.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright
In a few cases the ȥ, ȥȥ became s in MHG. before t or st, as pret. saste from saȥte: setzen, to set; beste, best, leste, last = OHG. beȥȥisto, leȥȥisto. k > hh.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright
The 1 sg. pret. of the middle voice always has the vowel of the pl. pret.: gāfumk.
From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Henry Sweet
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