cage – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of cage

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to cage
Participle: caged
Gerund: caging

Transitiviness: intransitive

Indicative

Present

Icage
thoucage(e)st
he;she;itcageth; cages
wecage
yecage
theycage

Preterit (Past)

Icaged
thoucaged(e)st
he;she;itcaged
wecaged
yecaged
theycaged

Subjunctive

Present

Icage
thoucage
he;she;itcage
wecage
yecage
theycage

Preterit (Past)

Icaged
thoucaged(e)st
he;she;itcaged
wecaged
yecaged
theycaged

Imperative

thoucage
yecage

Notes:

  • Compound forms (perfect, pluperfect) are formed either with 'have' or 'be'.
  • Future is formed as in modern English, with auxiliary 'will'.
  • Conditional is formed as in modern English, with auxiliary 'would'.
  • Continuous forms are formed with auxiliary 'be' and gerund. Sometimes the gerund is preceded by 'a-'
  • Plural forms in present lost the '-en' ending, and was used only as a stylistic affectation to indicate rural or old-fashioned speech.