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muckefuck ([personal profile] muckefuck) wrote2006-06-10 12:07 am

Getting stronger all the time

Here's a question for you English etymology mavens: How many verbs can you name which were not strong in Old English but are in the modern language?

I'll take dive off the list since (a) dove is considered by many to be an Americanism and (b) it's the only one I knew about before I started researching the question. That still leaves three more indisputable cases I've unearthed plus one that's more arguable. Do you know what they are?

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