knout – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of knout

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to knout
Participle: knouted
Gerund: knouting

Transitiviness: transitive

Indicative

Present

Iknout
thouknout(e)st
he;she;itknouteth; knouts
weknout
yeknout
theyknout

Preterit (Past)

Iknouted
thouknouted(e)st
he;she;itknouted
weknouted
yeknouted
theyknouted

Subjunctive

Present

Iknout
thouknout
he;she;itknout
weknout
yeknout
theyknout

Preterit (Past)

Iknouted
thouknouted(e)st
he;she;itknouted
weknouted
yeknouted
theyknouted

Imperative

thouknout
yeknout

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.