tether – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of tether

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to tether
Participle: tethered
Gerund: tethering

Transitiviness: transitive
Hyphenation: teth"er

Indicative

Present

Itether
thoutether(e)st
he;she;ittethereth; tethers
wetether
yetether
theytether

Preterit (Past)

Itethered
thoutethered(e)st
he;she;ittethered
wetethered
yetethered
theytethered

Subjunctive

Present

Itether
thoutether
he;she;ittether
wetether
yetether
theytether

Preterit (Past)

Itethered
thoutethered(e)st
he;she;ittethered
wetethered
yetethered
theytethered

Imperative

thoutether
yetether

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.