hail – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of hail

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to hail
Participle: hailed
Gerund: hailing

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Ihail
thouhail(e)st
he;she;ithaileth; hails
wehail
yehail
theyhail

Preterit (Past)

Ihailed
thouhailed(e)st
he;she;ithailed
wehailed
yehailed
theyhailed

Subjunctive

Present

Ihail
thouhail
he;she;ithail
wehail
yehail
theyhail

Preterit (Past)

Ihailed
thouhailed(e)st
he;she;ithailed
wehailed
yehailed
theyhailed

Imperative

thouhail
yehail

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.