tread – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of tread

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to tread
Participle: trodden
Gerund: treading

Indicative

Present

Itread
thoutread(e)st
he;she;ittreadeth; treads
wetread
yetread
theytread

Preterit (Past)

Itrode
thoutrode(e)st
he;she;ittrode
wetrode
yetrode
theytrode

Subjunctive

Present

Itread
thoutread
he;she;ittread
wetread
yetread
theytread

Preterit (Past)

Itrode
thoutrode(e)st
he;she;ittrode
wetrode
yetrode
theytrode

Imperative

thoutread
yetread

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.