boil – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of boil

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to boil
Participle: boiled
Gerund: boiling

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Iboil
thouboil(e)st
he;she;itboileth; boils
weboil
yeboil
theyboil

Preterit (Past)

Iboiled
thouboiled(e)st
he;she;itboiled
weboiled
yeboiled
theyboiled

Subjunctive

Present

Iboil
thouboil
he;she;itboil
weboil
yeboil
theyboil

Preterit (Past)

Iboiled
thouboiled(e)st
he;she;itboiled
weboiled
yeboiled
theyboiled

Imperative

thouboil
yeboil

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.