fancy – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of fancy

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to fancy
Participle: fancied
Gerund: fancying

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: fan"cy

Indicative

Present

Ifancy
thoufancy(e)st
he;she;itfancieth; fancies
wefancy
yefancy
theyfancy

Preterit (Past)

Ifancied
thoufancied(e)st
he;she;itfancied
wefancied
yefancied
theyfancied

Subjunctive

Present

Ifancy
thoufancy
he;she;itfancy
wefancy
yefancy
theyfancy

Preterit (Past)

Ifancied
thoufancied(e)st
he;she;itfancied
wefancied
yefancied
theyfancied

Imperative

thoufancy
yefancy

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.