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What irregular verbs are there in Early Modern English?
Can anyone tell me, or direct me to a site where it would have a list of, irregular verbs in Early Modern English? I understand verbs such as "to be" or "to have", but how many more are there, and ...
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How do you conjugate Early Modern English verbs (other than present tense)?
I was wondering how one might conjugate verbs in early modern English in various tenses. I am aware of the fact that for second person and third person singular specifically, the verb endings are -est ...
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“I must to England” in Hamlet: What does “must” mean without an infinitive?
What did "must" mean when used as a non-modal verb (sorry, I don't know the technical term) in Early Modern English? For example:
I must to England; you know that?
(Hamlet, Act III, Scene IV)
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Meaning of “owedst”
...Not poppy, nor mandragora,
Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world,
Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep
Which thou owedst yesterday.
— Shakespeare, Othello III.iii
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