wassail – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of wassail

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to wassail
Participle: wassailed
Gerund: wassailing

Transitiviness: intransitive
Hyphenation: was"sail

Indicative

Present

Iwassail
thouwassail(e)st
he;she;itwassaileth; wassails
wewassail
yewassail
theywassail

Preterit (Past)

Iwassailed
thouwassailed(e)st
he;she;itwassailed
wewassailed
yewassailed
theywassailed

Subjunctive

Present

Iwassail
thouwassail
he;she;itwassail
wewassail
yewassail
theywassail

Preterit (Past)

Iwassailed
thouwassailed(e)st
he;she;itwassailed
wewassailed
yewassailed
theywassailed

Imperative

thouwassail
yewassail

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.