oil – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of oil

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to oil
Participle: oiled
Gerund: oiling

Transitiviness: transitive

Indicative

Present

Ioil
thouoil(e)st
he;she;itoileth; oils
weoil
yeoil
theyoil

Preterit (Past)

Ioiled
thouoiled(e)st
he;she;itoiled
weoiled
yeoiled
theyoiled

Subjunctive

Present

Ioil
thouoil
he;she;itoil
weoil
yeoil
theyoil

Preterit (Past)

Ioiled
thouoiled(e)st
he;she;itoiled
weoiled
yeoiled
theyoiled

Imperative

thouoil
yeoil

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.