need – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of need

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to need
Participle: needed
Gerund: needing

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Ineed
thouneed(e)st
he;she;itneedeth; needs
weneed
yeneed
theyneed

Preterit (Past)

Ineeded
thouneeded(e)st
he;she;itneeded
weneeded
yeneeded
theyneeded

Subjunctive

Present

Ineed
thouneed
he;she;itneed
weneed
yeneed
theyneed

Preterit (Past)

Ineeded
thouneeded(e)st
he;she;itneeded
weneeded
yeneeded
theyneeded

Imperative

thouneed
yeneed

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.