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Antiquated is vov for vævede of væve to weave ; also vog imfpf. of veie in the meaning : to kill; in the meaning : to weigh, in which it is now exclusively used in common speech veie has impf. veiede.

218. Class VI.

Apparently no gradation in the different tenses. The following verbs belong to this class:

D. hedde (N. hede) to be called, hed (D. also hedte), hedt. hugge to cut, N. hug (D. commonly huggede), hugget.

To this class are also counted:

Wholly irregular is: tie to be silent, taug (N. tiede, pron. tidde,) ptcp. tiet.

219. When there are two sets of verbs, one strong and one weak, the former originally was intransitive, the latter transitive. But this difference, to a great extent, has been wiped out, both forms now being largely used promiscuously;