hill – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of hill

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to hill
Participle: hilled
Gerund: hilling

Transitiviness: transitive

Indicative

Present

Ihill
thouhill(e)st
he;she;ithilleth; hills
wehill
yehill
theyhill

Preterit (Past)

Ihilled
thouhilled(e)st
he;she;ithilled
wehilled
yehilled
theyhilled

Subjunctive

Present

Ihill
thouhill
he;she;ithill
wehill
yehill
theyhill

Preterit (Past)

Ihilled
thouhilled(e)st
he;she;ithilled
wehilled
yehilled
theyhilled

Imperative

thouhill
yehill

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.