verbs
wæren/ wære
i may have been (sbj.)
wæron
we were/they were - plural
willen
we/they may wish (sbj. plural)
woldest
you wished (2nd person)
woldon
they/ we wished
wolde
he/she wished
ēodest
you went
ēoden
we/they might go, sbj
wolden
they might wish
(ġe)gān, (ġe) gangen
gone (past. p)
ġedōn
done
scūlan
must
sceolde
I must (pret.)
sceoldest
you must (pret)
sculon
they/we must
sceoldon
they/we must (pret)
scyle
shall/must (sbj)
sceolden
they/we must - sbj
wiste, wisse
knew
witon
know (plural)
wiston
knew (pl)
wite
know (sbj)
witen
know (pl. sbj)
nāt, nāst, nyton, nyte, nysse, nyste
to not know
-on ending verbs
present plural
-t ending verbs
2nd person
-te ending verbs or 'e'
often pret. sing.
hēo
she
ne mihte
could not
mæġ
can
mōten
may
how strong verbs form their preterite tense
a change in the stem-vowel
aþ ending
often plural
brēac
I enjoyed
brucon
you enjoyed
ġebrocen
enjoyed
en ending
often 'they/we' plural or just past. p
fremedon
done (do pret. plural)
-e or pl. -en ending
subjunctive mood
mæġe
may (sbj)
sīe
be (sbj)
wære
were, sbj
eþ and aþ endings
signal the present tense of any verb
þæt
the, that, it, what, so that, on condition that
þæs
of the, of that (demonstrative pron or def. art (genitive sing)
þe
who, which, that or what
þē
you or to you
þē...þē
the more of something, the more... also a form of þŷ
þonne
adv - then, now, therefore
conj - when, since, while
comp - adv. than
sē
he
þe...þe
either...or