shrug – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of shrug

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to shrug
Participle: shruged; shrugged
Gerund: shruging; shrugging

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Ishrug
thoushrug(e)st
he;she;itshrugeth; shrugs
weshrug
yeshrug
theyshrug

Preterit (Past)

Ishruged; shrugged
thoushruged(e)st; shrugged(e)st
he;she;itshruged; shrugged
weshruged; shrugged
yeshruged; shrugged
theyshruged; shrugged

Subjunctive

Present

Ishrug
thoushrug
he;she;itshrug
weshrug
yeshrug
theyshrug

Preterit (Past)

Ishruged; shrugged
thoushruged(e)st; shrugged(e)st
he;she;itshruged; shrugged
weshruged; shrugged
yeshruged; shrugged
theyshruged; shrugged

Imperative

thoushrug
yeshrug

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.