span – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of span

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to span
Participle: spanned
Gerund: spanning

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Ispan
thouspann(e)st
he;she;itspaneth; spans
wespan
yespan
theyspan

Preterit (Past)

Ispanned
thouspanned(e)st
he;she;itspanned
wespanned
yespanned
theyspanned

Subjunctive

Present

Ispan
thouspan
he;she;itspan
wespan
yespan
theyspan

Preterit (Past)

Ispanned
thouspanned(e)st
he;she;itspanned
wespanned
yespanned
theyspanned

Imperative

thouspan
yespan

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.