sprit – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of sprit

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to sprit
Participle: spritted
Gerund: spritting

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Isprit
thouspritt(e)st
he;she;itspriteth; sprits
wesprit
yesprit
theysprit

Preterit (Past)

Ispritted
thouspritted(e)st
he;she;itspritted
wespritted
yespritted
theyspritted

Subjunctive

Present

Isprit
thousprit
he;she;itsprit
wesprit
yesprit
theysprit

Preterit (Past)

Ispritted
thouspritted(e)st
he;she;itspritted
wespritted
yespritted
theyspritted

Imperative

thousprit
yesprit

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.