elbow – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of elbow

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to elbow
Participle: elbowed
Gerund: elbowing

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: el"bow

Indicative

Present

Ielbow
thouelbow(e)st
he;she;itelboweth; elbows
weelbow
yeelbow
theyelbow

Preterit (Past)

Ielbowed
thouelbowed(e)st
he;she;itelbowed
weelbowed
yeelbowed
theyelbowed

Subjunctive

Present

Ielbow
thouelbow
he;she;itelbow
weelbow
yeelbow
theyelbow

Preterit (Past)

Ielbowed
thouelbowed(e)st
he;she;itelbowed
weelbowed
yeelbowed
theyelbowed

Imperative

thouelbow
yeelbow

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.