soil – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of soil

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to soil
Participle: soiled
Gerund: soiling

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Isoil
thousoil(e)st
he;she;itsoileth; soils
wesoil
yesoil
theysoil

Preterit (Past)

Isoiled
thousoiled(e)st
he;she;itsoiled
wesoiled
yesoiled
theysoiled

Subjunctive

Present

Isoil
thousoil
he;she;itsoil
wesoil
yesoil
theysoil

Preterit (Past)

Isoiled
thousoiled(e)st
he;she;itsoiled
wesoiled
yesoiled
theysoiled

Imperative

thousoil
yesoil

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.