smut – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of smut

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to smut
Participle: smutted
Gerund: smutting

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Ismut
thousmutt(e)st
he;she;itsmuteth; smuts
wesmut
yesmut
theysmut

Preterit (Past)

Ismutted
thousmutted(e)st
he;she;itsmutted
wesmutted
yesmutted
theysmutted

Subjunctive

Present

Ismut
thousmut
he;she;itsmut
wesmut
yesmut
theysmut

Preterit (Past)

Ismutted
thousmutted(e)st
he;she;itsmutted
wesmutted
yesmutted
theysmutted

Imperative

thousmut
yesmut

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.