strike – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of strike

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to strike
Participle: striked; struck
Gerund: striking

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Istrike
thoustrike(e)st
he;she;itstriketh; strikes
westrike
yestrike
theystrike

Preterit (Past)

Istriked; struck
thoustriked(e)st; struck(e)st
he;she;itstriked; struck
westriked; struck
yestriked; struck
theystriked; struck

Subjunctive

Present

Istrike
thoustrike
he;she;itstrike
westrike
yestrike
theystrike

Preterit (Past)

Istriked; struck
thoustriked(e)st; struck(e)st
he;she;itstriked; struck
westriked; struck
yestriked; struck
theystriked; struck

Imperative

thoustrike
yestrike

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.