scourse – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of scourse

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to scourse
Participle: scoursed
Gerund: scoursing

Transitiviness: transitive

Indicative

Present

Iscourse
thouscourse(e)st
he;she;itscourseth; scourses
wescourse
yescourse
theyscourse

Preterit (Past)

Iscoursed
thouscoursed(e)st
he;she;itscoursed
wescoursed
yescoursed
theyscoursed

Subjunctive

Present

Iscourse
thouscourse
he;she;itscourse
wescourse
yescourse
theyscourse

Preterit (Past)

Iscoursed
thouscoursed(e)st
he;she;itscoursed
wescoursed
yescoursed
theyscoursed

Imperative

thouscourse
yescourse

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.