boot – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of boot

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to boot
Participle: booted
Gerund: booting

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Iboot
thouboot(e)st
he;she;itbooteth; boots
weboot
yeboot
theyboot

Preterit (Past)

Ibooted
thoubooted(e)st
he;she;itbooted
webooted
yebooted
theybooted

Subjunctive

Present

Iboot
thouboot
he;she;itboot
weboot
yeboot
theyboot

Preterit (Past)

Ibooted
thoubooted(e)st
he;she;itbooted
webooted
yebooted
theybooted

Imperative

thouboot
yeboot

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.