The OHG. weak verbs were divided into three great classes according as
the infinitive ended in {-en} from older {*-jan}, {-on}, or {-[e]n}.

The characteristic endings of the three OHG. classes were:--

_Present._
CLASS I. CLASS II. CLASS III.

Indic. sing. -u, -[o]n, -[e]n
-is(t) -[o]s(t) -[e]s(t)
-it -[o]t -[e]t
" plur. -[e]n -[o]n -[e]n
-et -[o]t -[e]t
-ent -[o]nt -[e]nt

Subj. sing. -e -o -e
-[e]s(t) -[o]s(t) -[e]s(t)
-e -o -e
" plur. -[e]n -[o]n -[e]n
-[e]t -[o]t -[e]t
-[e]n -[o]n -[e]n

Imper. sing. -i -o -e
" plur. -[e]n -[o]n -[e]n
-et -[o]t -[e]t

_Preterite._

Indic. sing. -ta, -ita, -[o]ta, -[e]ta,
-t[o]s(t), -it[o]s(t) -[o]t[o]s(t) -[e]t[o]s(t)
-ta, -ita -[o]ta -[e]ta
" plur. -tun, -itun -[o]tun -[e]tun
-tut, -itut -[o]tut -[e]tut
-tun, -itun -[o]tun -[e]tun

Subj. sing. -ti, -iti -[o]ti -[e]ti
-t[i]s(t), -it[i]s(t) -[o]t[i]s(t) -[e]t[i]s(t)
-ti, -iti -[o]ti -[e]ti
" plur. -t[i]n, -it[i]n -[o]t[i]n -[e]t[i]n
-t[i]t, -it[i]t -[o]t[i]t -[e]t[i]t
-t[i]n, -it[i]n -[o]t[i]n -[e]t[i]n

_Past Participle._

Uninfl. form -it -[o]t -[e]t

Infl. " -t[e]r, -it[e]r -[o]t[e]r -[e]t[e]r

_Infinitive._

-en -[o]n -[e]n

In OHG. the verbs of Class I were divided into two sub-divisions:
(_a_) polysyllabic verbs and those containing an old long stem-syllable;
(_b_) those which originally had a short stem-syllable (cp. Sec. 31, 3). The
former fo