Lexicon - Orthography - H.G. Fowler
 
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  Beon
 
As in Modern English, the verb "to be" is anomalous and has forms from two stems, beon and wesan.


Indicative Mood
Present Tense
Singular - 1st Person: eom (I am)
Singular - 2nd Person: eart (you are)
Singular - 3rd: is (he, she, it is)
Plural: sind(on), sint (we, you, they are)
Present Tense
Singular - 1st Person: beo
Singular - 2nd Person: bist
Singular - 3rd Person: biþ
Plural: beoþ
Past Tense
Singular - 1st Person: wæs (I was)
Singular - 2nd Person: wære (you were)
Singular - 3rd Person: wæs (he, she, it was)
Plural: wæron (we, you, they were)

Subjunctive Mood
Present Tense
Singular: sie
Plural: sien
Present Tense
Singular: beo (I, you, he, she, it be)
Plural: beon (We, you, they be)
Past Tense
Singular: wære (I, you, he, she, it were)
Plural: wæren (We, you, they were)

Imperative Mood
Present Tense
Singular: wes
Plural: wesaþ
Present Tense
Singular: beo ([I, you, he, she, it] be)
Plural: beoþ ([We, you, they] be)

 

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