Verbs
ME retained categories of tense, mood, number, person, strong, weak and other verbs
added new type of verb, two-part or separable verbal expression (e.g. put in, blow out, pick up, take over) (cf. Old English ingangan ("to go in"), oferniman ("to take over")
increased use of weak verbs
| Weak Verb | Strong Verb | |||
| Infinitive | lok(e) "to look " | find(e) "to find " | ||
| Present Tense | ||||
| Indicative Mood | ||||
| 1st person singular | loke | finde | ||
| 2nd person singular | lokest | findest | ||
| 3rd person singular | lokeþ, lokes | findeþ, findes | ||
| 1st person plural | loke(s,n) | finde(s,n) | ||
| 2nd person plural | loke(s,n) | finde(s,n) | ||
| 3rd person plural | loke(s,n) | finde(s,n) | ||
| Subjunctive Mood | ||||
| singular | loke | finde | ||
| plural | lok(en) | finden | ||
| Imperative Mood | ||||
| 2nd person singular | lok | find | ||
| 2nd person plural | lokeþ, lokes | findeþ | ||
| Present Participle | loking | finding | ||
| Past (Preterite) Tense | ||||
| Indicative Mood | ||||
| 1st person singular | loked | fand | ||
| 2nd person singular | loked(est) | fand | ||
| 3rd person singular | loked | fand | ||
| 1st person plural | loked | fand | ||
| 2nd person plural | loked | fand | ||
| 3rd person plural | loked | fand | ||
| Subjunctive Mood | ||||
| singular | loked | fand | ||
| plural | loked | fand | ||
| Past Participle | loked | funden |
Interjections: a, surprise; ho, triumph; ha-ha, laughter; fie, disgust; hay, excitement; lo, now, what: attention getters; alas, wo, wei-la-wei, grief; hail, welcome, salutations; others: good morrow, good night, farewell, gramercy (French: grant merci), thank you, benedicite, goddamn, bigot (by God)
