dawdle – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of dawdle

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to dawdle
Participle: dawdled
Gerund: dawdling

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: daw"dle

Indicative

Present

Idawdle
thoudawdle(e)st
he;she;itdawdleth; dawdles
wedawdle
yedawdle
theydawdle

Preterit (Past)

Idawdled
thoudawdled(e)st
he;she;itdawdled
wedawdled
yedawdled
theydawdled

Subjunctive

Present

Idawdle
thoudawdle
he;she;itdawdle
wedawdle
yedawdle
theydawdle

Preterit (Past)

Idawdled
thoudawdled(e)st
he;she;itdawdled
wedawdled
yedawdled
theydawdled

Imperative

thoudawdle
yedawdle

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.