damage – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of damage

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to damage
Participle: damaged
Gerund: damaging

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive
Hyphenation: dam"age

Indicative

Present

Idamage
thoudamage(e)st
he;she;itdamageth; damages
wedamage
yedamage
theydamage

Preterit (Past)

Idamaged
thoudamaged(e)st
he;she;itdamaged
wedamaged
yedamaged
theydamaged

Subjunctive

Present

Idamage
thoudamage
he;she;itdamage
wedamage
yedamage
theydamage

Preterit (Past)

Idamaged
thoudamaged(e)st
he;she;itdamaged
wedamaged
yedamaged
theydamaged

Imperative

thoudamage
yedamage

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.