Weak and Strong Forms with about the same signification
are : biitgen (originally weak) , to bargaia for ; Pret. Indie,
biugte (bonfi, bunci); past part, pebinflt and more usually ciebuiiflen;
Himnien (originally strong), to climb; Pret. Indie. Homm (and
flimmte) ; past part, geflomraen (and geftimmt), etc., etc.
Weak and Strong Forms with a different Signification.
The weak form here is secondary or derived, and has on this
account another signification than the original or strong. The
strong forms are subjective, the weak objective with the follow-
ing verbs : Derberben, to spoil (subjective) ; Pret. Indie, tierbarb
(M. H. G. verdarp), past part, toetbovben (M. H. G-. verdorben) ;
Imper. Beibirb (M. H. G. verdirp) ; objective (factitive) = t)er=
berben moc^en; Pret. Indie, toerberbte (M. H. G. verdarpte), past
part, berbirbt (M. H. G. verderbet). So with: erfdiredeu, fc^niet=
gen, fd^ttJeHen, etc. The weak forms of the following contain an
iterative signification : roieflen, to rock, itjog, gemogen (subjective);
roiegte, getuiegt (objective) (= fdjouMn, hiiegen moc^en), etc., etc.
On the contrary, the following have only accidentally the
same form in the infin. : lueidien, to yield, retire (subjective),
(M. H. G. wichen [strong]), \m6), gemic^eit, and toeic^en = >uetc^



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fern, >t)M^ mciben or tndd) mac^en (M. H. G-. weichen), from miH),
soft, etc., which has been weak from the earliest period. So:
bleic^en, to become pale (bletd^ iserben), and bleic^en, to make
white, bleach, i. e. 6letd) or iret^ madjm, from bleid), white,
pale, etc.
