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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 Wright, Joseph
MHG. korn, corn; OE. cnēo, OHG. kneo, MHG. knie, knee; OE. sincan, OHG. sinkan, MHG. sinken, to sink, pret. sanc; OE. þeccan, OHG.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph
O. N. byrja, to behove, beseem, pret. burði, Norse byrja id., pret. burde, O. Dan. böræ , Sw. böra.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
Note 2.—Why do we not find *halp, *warð, and *faht in the pret. sing.?
From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)
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 Wright, Joseph
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