shackle – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of shackle

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to shackle
Participle: shackled
Gerund: shackling

Transitiviness: transitive
Hyphenation: shac"kle

Indicative

Present

Ishackle
thoushackle(e)st
he;she;itshackleth; shackles
weshackle
yeshackle
theyshackle

Preterit (Past)

Ishackled
thoushackled(e)st
he;she;itshackled
weshackled
yeshackled
theyshackled

Subjunctive

Present

Ishackle
thoushackle
he;she;itshackle
weshackle
yeshackle
theyshackle

Preterit (Past)

Ishackled
thoushackled(e)st
he;she;itshackled
weshackled
yeshackled
theyshackled

Imperative

thoushackle
yeshackle

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.