border – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of border

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to border
Participle: bordered
Gerund: bordering

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: bor"der

Indicative

Present

Iborder
thouborder(e)st
he;she;itbordereth; borders
weborder
yeborder
theyborder

Preterit (Past)

Ibordered
thoubordered(e)st
he;she;itbordered
webordered
yebordered
theybordered

Subjunctive

Present

Iborder
thouborder
he;she;itborder
weborder
yeborder
theyborder

Preterit (Past)

Ibordered
thoubordered(e)st
he;she;itbordered
webordered
yebordered
theybordered

Imperative

thouborder
yeborder

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.