A Conversation for English Strong and Weak Verbs - a Very Brief Overview
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genewars Started conversation Jun 16, 2003
I don't think it's in the vowels as much as in the consonents.. but what do I know..
What's this?
Luve is ane fervent fire,
Kendillit without desire:
Short plesour, lang displesour.
Repentance is the hire
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or
Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet , and blossom in their
dust...
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I presume you're mortal and may err..
A MIXED BAG.....
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anhaga Posted Jun 16, 2003
the root vowel is what changes in strong verbs.
I'm not sure whether the "what's this?" is rhetorical or not. Alexander Scott? A roundel? Renaissance Scots English? James Shirley? Early Modern English? Or is "a mixed bag" an answer you provide for your own question?
I console myself that "Wyrd oft nereð unfægne eorl, þonne his ellen deah." 
(now that's real "old english language")
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