merce – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of merce

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to merce
Participle: merced
Gerund: mercing

Transitiviness: transitive

Indicative

Present

Imerce
thoumerce(e)st
he;she;itmerceth; merces
wemerce
yemerce
theymerce

Preterit (Past)

Imerced
thoumerced(e)st
he;she;itmerced
wemerced
yemerced
theymerced

Subjunctive

Present

Imerce
thoumerce
he;she;itmerce
wemerce
yemerce
theymerce

Preterit (Past)

Imerced
thoumerced(e)st
he;she;itmerced
wemerced
yemerced
theymerced

Imperative

thoumerce
yemerce

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.