Talk:Strong verbs

The Conjugation of "to come"
Hey, I was just wondering.

In the article, you listed "to come" as being a class 4 verb that survived. However, Etymonline, in its article therefor says:

"Modern past tense form came is Middle English, probably from Old Norse kvam, replacing Old English cuom."

Additionally, it also says:

"The substitution of Middle English -o- for Old English -u- before -m-, -n-, or -r- was a scribal habit before minims to avoid misreading the letters in the old style handwriting, which jammed them together. The practice similarly transformed some, monk, tongue, worm."

This makes me wonder. Without Norse influënce and the, wouldn't "to come" be conjugated more like "cum, coom, have cummen"?

Thank you in advance. --140.213.57.209 10:09, 27 May 2021 (UTC)