forage – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of forage

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to forage
Participle: foraged
Gerund: foraging

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: for"age

Indicative

Present

Iforage
thouforage(e)st
he;she;itforageth; forages
weforage
yeforage
theyforage

Preterit (Past)

Iforaged
thouforaged(e)st
he;she;itforaged
weforaged
yeforaged
theyforaged

Subjunctive

Present

Iforage
thouforage
he;she;itforage
weforage
yeforage
theyforage

Preterit (Past)

Iforaged
thouforaged(e)st
he;she;itforaged
weforaged
yeforaged
theyforaged

Imperative

thouforage
yeforage

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.