bode – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of bode

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bode
Participle: boded
Gerund: boding

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Ibode
thoubode(e)st
he;she;itbodeth; bodes
webode
yebode
theybode

Preterit (Past)

Iboded
thouboded(e)st
he;she;itboded
weboded
yeboded
theyboded

Subjunctive

Present

Ibode
thoubode
he;she;itbode
webode
yebode
theybode

Preterit (Past)

Iboded
thouboded(e)st
he;she;itboded
weboded
yeboded
theyboded

Imperative

thoubode
yebode

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.