The formation of the Participle 1 was as follows:
| OE | ME | NE |
| berende | bering | bearing |
In OEParticiple 1 was considered Present Participle, had only the form of the Active Voice, possessed the categories of Number, Gender, Case. It was used predicatively and attributively (agreed with the noun in Number, Gender, Case).
In MEit lost its nominal and adjectival features together with the categories of Number, Gender, Case and became unchangeable.