pay, paid, payed
Past tense is paid, except in nautical usage when the past tense and participle is payed (followed by out or away):
the sailor payed out the line to slacken mooring
the ship payed away to leeward.
Past tense is paid, except in nautical usage when the past tense and participle is payed (followed by out or away):
the sailor payed out the line to slacken mooring
the ship payed away to leeward.