green – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of green

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to green
Participle: greened
Gerund: greening

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Igreen
thougreen(e)st
he;she;itgreeneth; greens
wegreen
yegreen
theygreen

Preterit (Past)

Igreened
thougreened(e)st
he;she;itgreened
wegreened
yegreened
theygreened

Subjunctive

Present

Igreen
thougreen
he;she;itgreen
wegreen
yegreen
theygreen

Preterit (Past)

Igreened
thougreened(e)st
he;she;itgreened
wegreened
yegreened
theygreened

Imperative

thougreen
yegreen

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.