The _gerund_ terminates always in _ing_ (_yng_): 1479 _kyng -- +ryding+_. 1503 _+comyng+ -- kyng_. 1933 _ryng -- +lettyng+_. 2509 _kyng -- +lesyng+_.
Observe the 2nd pers. sing. of a past tense, 1589 _+thou cam~+ -- slan~_, of a praeterito-praesens, 410 _they -- sey, +thow may+_. 1543 _away -- aye, +may+_. 2001 _+may+ -- welaway_.
The _past participle_ of strong verbs terminates in _n_: 482 _+syne+ -- schene, wene -- clene_. 675 _+slayne+ -- rayne_. 800 _+slayne+ -- trayne_. 1292 _fayn~ -- +slayn~+_. 1562 _+sene+ -- wene_. 2323 _alone -- +slone+_. We don’t find one certain instance for the dropping of this _n_, besides 1678 and 2063 _be_.
The _past tense plural_ of strong verbs has the same vowel as the singular: 1452 They _+ffound+_ (r. _ffand_) -- _goand_. 1458 _+began+ -- gentilman_. 1753 _tong -- +dong+_.
The 3rd pers. of the present indic. of _to be_ = _ys_ or _es_: cf. 738 _blyse -- +ys+_. 2413 _+ys+ -- Raynes_. Once _+ys+_ is found as plural: 2524 _+ys+ -- iwys_. The _present subjunctive_ is _be_ through all persons: 208 _+be+ -- me_, 2nd pers. 614 _+be+ -- se_, 3rd pers. 884 _the -- +bee+_, 3rd pers. 2017 _+be+ -- me_, 2nd pers. plr. The infinitive _+be+_ and _bene_: 49 _the -- +bee+_. 483 _+be+ -- see_. 1643 _+be+ -- charite_. 903 _the -- +bee+_. 1833 _clene -- +bene+_. 2161 _quene -- +bene+_. 2613 _+bene+ -- kene_. The _past tense singular number_ is _was_ or _wes_: 247 _alas -- +wase+_. 426 _glase -- +was+_. 771 _pase -- +wase+_. 1873 _wyldernes -- +was+_ (= _wes_). The plural _were_, _ware_, _wore_, as well as _was_, _wes_: (1) l. 402 _+wer~+ -- cher_. 1047 _+were+ -- chere_. 1845 _+were+ -- ffere_. 2586 _squiere -- +were+, here -- clere_. (2) 603 _fare -- +were+_. 2494 _+ware+ -- bare_. 1384 _beffore -- there, +were+_ (= _wore_). (3) 384 _pase -- +wase+_. 1388 _passe -- +was+_. (4) 2026 _wildernes -- +was+_ (= _wes_). 2545 _wildernes -- +was+_; cf. l. 2584. The subjunctive mood of the past tense is _were_ and _ware_, in sgl. and plr.: 225 _+were+ -- clere_. 235 _here -- +were+_. 1696 _chere -- +were+_. 2476 _+were+ -- bere_. 154 _+were+_ (= _ware_) -- _fare_. 1020 _+wer+_ (= _ware_) -- _fare_. 2074 _care -- +ware+_. The past participle: 7 _bedene -- +ben+_. 172 _+byne+ -- seyn_. 2344 _+ibene+ -- kene_. 1678 _+be+ -- crystiaunte_.