blade – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of blade

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to blade
Participle: bladed
Gerund: blading

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Iblade
thoublade(e)st
he;she;itbladeth; blades
weblade
yeblade
theyblade

Preterit (Past)

Ibladed
thoubladed(e)st
he;she;itbladed
webladed
yebladed
theybladed

Subjunctive

Present

Iblade
thoublade
he;she;itblade
weblade
yeblade
theyblade

Preterit (Past)

Ibladed
thoubladed(e)st
he;she;itbladed
webladed
yebladed
theybladed

Imperative

thoublade
yeblade

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.