pret.

American  

abbreviation

1. preterit.

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Example Sentences

The pret. sing. sluoc, twuoc for *sluoch, *twuoch were formed after the analogy of the pret. plural.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph

In the North Highlands, the pret. neg. often takes the common verbal participle do before it; as, cha do robh mi, or cha d'robh mi, I was not.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander

The following has an adj. for its partic. pret.:

From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Sweet, Henry

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

Tęmes, f., the Thames. tēon, arrange, create; pret. sing., tēode.

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)