look – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of look

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to look
Participle: looked
Gerund: looking

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Ilook
thoulook(e)st
he;she;itlooketh; looks
welook
yelook
theylook

Preterit (Past)

Ilooked
thoulooked(e)st
he;she;itlooked
welooked
yelooked
theylooked

Subjunctive

Present

Ilook
thoulook
he;she;itlook
welook
yelook
theylook

Preterit (Past)

Ilooked
thoulooked(e)st
he;she;itlooked
welooked
yelooked
theylooked

Imperative

thoulook
yelook

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.