cask – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of cask

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to cask
Participle: casked
Gerund: casking

Transitiviness: transitive

Indicative

Present

Icask
thoucask(e)st
he;she;itcasketh; casks
wecask
yecask
theycask

Preterit (Past)

Icasked
thoucasked(e)st
he;she;itcasked
wecasked
yecasked
theycasked

Subjunctive

Present

Icask
thoucask
he;she;itcask
wecask
yecask
theycask

Preterit (Past)

Icasked
thoucasked(e)st
he;she;itcasked
wecasked
yecasked
theycasked

Imperative

thoucask
yecask

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.