Verbs and Verbals

Verbs in þeodisch conjugate the same as in Modern English and do not differ at all, except in spelling.

Present Tense

Tu wryt- To write

First person:
-Singular: Y wryt
-Plural: Wie wryt

Second person:
-Singular: Juw wryt
-Plural: Juw wryt

Third person:
-Singluar: Hie, Schie, It wryts
-Plural: Ðee wryt

Past Tense
In þeodisch, regular past tense verbs are made by adding the past tense suffix -id to the infinitive form of the verb, rather than -ed as in Modern English.

Tu wånt- to want

First person:
-Singular: Y wåntid
-Plural: Wie wåntid

Second person:
-Singular: Juw wåntid
-Plural: Juw wåntid

Third person:
-Singluar: Hie, Schie, It wåntid
-Plural: Ðee wånted

Past Participles
Past participles in þeodisch to not differ from Modern English in any way and are simply spelled phonetically.

Tu hæv made- to have made
Tu hæv gån- to have gone
Tu hæv writtin- to have written

Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs do not differ from Modern English.

Tu sing, sæng, tu hæv sung
Tu bring, bråht, tu hæv bråht
Tu þink, þåht, tu hæv þåht

Gerunds
Gerunds are made by adding -ing to the end of the infinitive form of a verb (without the tu, of course) and do not differ from Modern English.

Running
Biïng*
Wisching

*You may have noticed the addition of an umlaut over the letter 'i.' This is a grammatical rule intended to signify the separate pronunciation of syllables when the letters are identical. This rule is identical to the optional Modern English option of adding umlauts to words such as coöperation or reëlection.