kern – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of kern

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to kern
Participle: kerned
Gerund: kerning

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Ikern
thoukern(e)st
he;she;itkerneth; kerns
wekern
yekern
theykern

Preterit (Past)

Ikerned
thoukerned(e)st
he;she;itkerned
wekerned
yekerned
theykerned

Subjunctive

Present

Ikern
thoukern
he;she;itkern
wekern
yekern
theykern

Preterit (Past)

Ikerned
thoukerned(e)st
he;she;itkerned
wekerned
yekerned
theykerned

Imperative

thoukern
yekern

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.