idle – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of idle

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to idle
Participle: idled
Gerund: idling

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: i"dle

Indicative

Present

Iidle
thouidle(e)st
he;she;itidleth; idles
weidle
yeidle
theyidle

Preterit (Past)

Iidled
thouidled(e)st
he;she;itidled
weidled
yeidled
theyidled

Subjunctive

Present

Iidle
thouidle
he;she;itidle
weidle
yeidle
theyidle

Preterit (Past)

Iidled
thouidled(e)st
he;she;itidled
weidled
yeidled
theyidled

Imperative

thouidle
yeidle

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.