swallow – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of swallow

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to swallow
Participle: swallowed
Gerund: swallowing

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: swal"low

Indicative

Present

Iswallow
thouswallow(e)st
he;she;itswalloweth; swallows
weswallow
yeswallow
theyswallow

Preterit (Past)

Iswallowed
thouswallowed(e)st
he;she;itswallowed
weswallowed
yeswallowed
theyswallowed

Subjunctive

Present

Iswallow
thouswallow
he;she;itswallow
weswallow
yeswallow
theyswallow

Preterit (Past)

Iswallowed
thouswallowed(e)st
he;she;itswallowed
weswallowed
yeswallowed
theyswallowed

Imperative

thouswallow
yeswallow

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.