feast – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of feast

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to feast
Participle: feasted
Gerund: feasting

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Ifeast
thoufeast(e)st
he;she;itfeasteth; feasts
wefeast
yefeast
theyfeast

Preterit (Past)

Ifeasted
thoufeasted(e)st
he;she;itfeasted
wefeasted
yefeasted
theyfeasted

Subjunctive

Present

Ifeast
thoufeast
he;she;itfeast
wefeast
yefeast
theyfeast

Preterit (Past)

Ifeasted
thoufeasted(e)st
he;she;itfeasted
wefeasted
yefeasted
theyfeasted

Imperative

thoufeast
yefeast

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.