That verb is also mixed in Old English.  It shows up as búan, with a past tense “búde” but a past participle “gebún/gebúen.”

 

James

 

 

Hi Mona,

> "bauen", but that one is (or became?) a weak verb in german.

Originally it was Class VII strong verb, that's to say it had a past
tense formed by reduplication like róa 'to row', reri 'rowed'.  In
Icelandic this is obscured a bit since the initial consonant of the
root was dropped by dissimilation, so:  *bebú

> *beú > bjó.

In Gothic bauan has a weak past tense, but the old strong endings
remain in the present.  In OHG bûan is already weak.

Llama Nom







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