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4.5.5 The Verbs ‘Have’ and ‘Say’
ОглавлениеTwo very common weak verbs show a great variety of dialectal forms. They are habben/haven, ‘have’, and seggen/sayen, ‘say’. Here for comparison are the forms in the language of the Ancrene Wisse and Gawain:
| Anc. W. | Gawain | Anc. W. | Gawain | ||
| infin. | habben | have | seggen | say | |
| pres. indic. | |||||
| sg. | 1 | habbe | haf, have | segge | saye |
| 2 | havest | habbes, hatz | seist | seggez, says | |
| 3 | haveð | habbes, hatz | seið | says, sayez | |
| pl. | habbeð | haf, haven, han, hatz | seggeð | sayn | |
| imp. sg. | have | haf | sei | say | |
| past indic. | |||||
| sg. | 1 | hefde | had(e) | seide | sayd(e) |
| 2 | hefdest | hadez | seidest | – | |
| 3 | hefde | had(e) | seide | sayd(e) | |
| pl. | hefden | hade(n) | seiden | sayden | |
| past ppl. | ihaved, ‐et | hade | iseid | sayd |
