sheaf – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of sheaf

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to sheaf
Participle: sheafed
Gerund: sheafing

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Isheaf
thousheaf(e)st
he;she;itsheafeth; sheafs
wesheaf
yesheaf
theysheaf

Preterit (Past)

Isheafed
thousheafed(e)st
he;she;itsheafed
wesheafed
yesheafed
theysheafed

Subjunctive

Present

Isheaf
thousheaf
he;she;itsheaf
wesheaf
yesheaf
theysheaf

Preterit (Past)

Isheafed
thousheafed(e)st
he;she;itsheafed
wesheafed
yesheafed
theysheafed

Imperative

thousheaf
yesheaf

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.