see remarks to hængte and hang, brændte and brandt (213 Note 1). It is very common in Norway to say: jeq har lagt i min Seng I have laid in my bed, (ptcp. of lægge to lay) instead of: jeg har ligget i min Seng I have been lying in my bed, (ptcp. of ligge to lie); in the same manner: jeg har nu sat her en Time I have now set here an hour (ptc. of sætte to set) instead of: jeg har nu siddet her en Time I have now been sitting here for an hour. But in the following pairs of verbs the distinction is complete: springe–sprænge to spring and to burst, falde–fælde to fall and to fell; synke, sænke to sink (intr. and trans.)
IRREGULAR VERS.
220. The following verbs have an irregular inflection.
| Pres. | Imperf. | Partcp. | Inf. | |
| Sing. | Plur. | |||
| kan can | kunne | kunde | kunnet | at kunne |
| skal shall | skulle | skulde | skullet | at skulle |
| bör ought to bör | burde | burdet | at burde | |
| tör dare | tör | turde | turdet | at turde |
| maa must | maa | maatte | maattet | at maatte |
| (subj. maatte) | ||||
| vil will | ville | vilde | villet | at ville |
| ved know | vide | vidste | vidst | at vide |
These verbs are in historical grammars generally called preteritopresents, because the forms now used as their present tenses are original imperfects. Hence the change of vowel between pres. sing, and plural (ved–vide, skal–skulle).
