freight – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of freight

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to freight
Participle: freighted
Gerund: freighting

Transitiviness: transitive

Indicative

Present

Ifreight
thoufreight(e)st
he;she;itfreighteth; freights
wefreight
yefreight
theyfreight

Preterit (Past)

Ifreighted
thoufreighted(e)st
he;she;itfreighted
wefreighted
yefreighted
theyfreighted

Subjunctive

Present

Ifreight
thoufreight
he;she;itfreight
wefreight
yefreight
theyfreight

Preterit (Past)

Ifreighted
thoufreighted(e)st
he;she;itfreighted
wefreighted
yefreighted
theyfreighted

Imperative

thoufreight
yefreight

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.