case – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of case

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to case
Participle: cased
Gerund: casing

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Icase
thoucase(e)st
he;she;itcaseth; cases
wecase
yecase
theycase

Preterit (Past)

Icased
thoucased(e)st
he;she;itcased
wecased
yecased
theycased

Subjunctive

Present

Icase
thoucase
he;she;itcase
wecase
yecase
theycase

Preterit (Past)

Icased
thoucased(e)st
he;she;itcased
wecased
yecased
theycased

Imperative

thoucase
yecase

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.