CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TROTHPLIGHT
PRESENT
Present
I trothplight
you trothplight
he/she/it trothplights
we trothplight
you trothplight
they trothplight
Present continuous
I am trothplighting
you are trothplighting
he/she/it is trothplighting
we are trothplighting
you are trothplighting
they are trothplighting
Present perfect
I have trothplighted
you have trothplighted
he/she/it has trothplighted
we have trothplighted
you have trothplighted
they have trothplighted
Present perfect continuous
I have been trothplighting
you have been trothplighting
he/she/it has been trothplighting
we have been trothplighting
you have been trothplighting
they have been trothplighting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I trothplighted
you trothplighted
he/she/it trothplighted
we trothplighted
you trothplighted
they trothplighted
Past continuous
I was trothplighting
you were trothplighting
he/she/it was trothplighting
we were trothplighting
you were trothplighting
they were trothplighting
Past perfect
I had trothplighted
you had trothplighted
he/she/it had trothplighted
we had trothplighted
you had trothplighted
they had trothplighted
Past perfect continuous
I had been trothplighting
you had been trothplighting
he/she/it had been trothplighting
we had been trothplighting
you had been trothplighting
they had been trothplighting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will trothplight
you will trothplight
he/she/it will trothplight
we will trothplight
you will trothplight
they will trothplight
Future continuous
I will be trothplighting
you will be trothplighting
he/she/it will be trothplighting
we will be trothplighting
you will be trothplighting
they will be trothplighting
Future perfect
I will have trothplighted
you will have trothplighted
he/she/it will have trothplighted
we will have trothplighted
you will have trothplighted
they will have trothplighted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been trothplighting
you will have been trothplighting
he/she/it will have been trothplighting
we will have been trothplighting
you will have been trothplighting
they will have been trothplighting
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would trothplight
you would trothplight
he/she/it would trothplight
we would trothplight
you would trothplight
they would trothplight
Conditional continuous
I would be trothplighting
you would be trothplighting
he/she/it would be trothplighting
we would be trothplighting
you would be trothplighting
they would be trothplighting
Conditional perfect
I would have trothplight
you would have trothplight
he/she/it would have trothplight
we would have trothplight
you would have trothplight
they would have trothplight
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been trothplighting
you would have been trothplighting
he/she/it would have been trothplighting
we would have been trothplighting
you would have been trothplighting
they would have been trothplighting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you trothplight
we let´s trothplight
you trothplight
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to trothplight
Past participle
trothplighted
Present Participle
trothplighting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TROTHPLIGHT»
Discover the use of
trothplight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
trothplight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe
When we look at the process of becoming engaged, there were mainly two ways
to get engaged to be married in 17th-century Sweden: betrothal (fitstning) and
trothplight (trolovning).10 Betrothal was described in the secular legislation, that
is, ...
Marianna Muravyeva, Raisa Maria Toivo, 2013
2
Child-marriages, Divorces, and Ratifications &c. in the ...
Trothplight. Depositions concerning a Contract of marriage between Thos.
Snelson and Ellen Ricroft. (See If. 123 bk., 133, and p. 196 below.) Printed below,
p. 59. 133. Trothplight. Further Deposition in the Trothplight case of Ellen Ricroft
and ...
Frederick James Furnivall, 1897
3
Early English Text Society
Trothplight. Depositions concerning n Contract of marriage between Thos.
Snelson and Ellen Ricroft. (See If. 123 bk., 133, and p. 196 below.) Printed Mow,
p. 69. 133. Trothplight. Further Deposition in the Trothplight case of Ellen Ricroft
and ...
4
Child-marriages, Divorces, and Ratifications: &c. in the ...
Trothplight. Depositions concerning a Contract of marriage between Thos.
Snelson and Ellen Ricroft. (See If. 123 bk., 133, and p. 196 below.) Printed below,
p. 59. 133. Trothplight. Further Deposition in the Trothplight case of Ellen Ricroft
and ...
Church of England. Diocese of Chester, Frederick James Furnivall, 1897
5
Between Betrothal and Bedding: Marriage Formation in Sweden ...
The informal trothplight of the parties themselves and the gifts as pledge came to
rival the formal betrothal with its gifts and parental consent. Although the betrothal
maintained its legal status for centuries, the late medieval transformation of the ...
6
A Crisis of Truth: Literature and Law in Ricardian England
It is time now to return to Baldonet and the most thinglike feature of his trothplight.
When he entered Saint Martin's to perform his ritual of servitude, Baldonet did so
with bell ropes around his neck, and holding four pennies on top of his head.
Richard Firth Green, 2002
7
Ballou's Monthly Magazine
Not proudly shall I enter those sacred aisles— unless, indeed, I am proud to have
won the love of so good a man as Edward Percy— not • il /iim proudly, because
henceforth I shall be lady of the manor THE BROKEN TROTHPLIGHT. 459.
8
Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine
TROTHPLIGHT. BY HE6TEB C. LAUREATE. It is the cold and bleak December.
Without, the winter wind surges and moans like the wail of a spirit in distress ; the
windows rattle drearily as the storm beats againstTthem, and the leafless ...
9
From over the water, by the author of 'The chorister brothers'.
A TRYST AND A TROTHPLIGHT. So the days drew on to the end of October, and
in the end of October Fred Warham was to start on his voyage. He had taken a
short preliminary cruise, to try his new toy — in which his sister accompanied him.
Mary Charlotte J. Leith, 1884
10
The Middle English Lyric and Short Poem
868 Franklin, Michael J. '"Fyngres heo ha)? feir to folde": Trothplight in some of
the Love Lyrics of MS Harley 2253,' Medium /Evum 55 (1986): 176-87, The motif
of folding a lady's fingers, found in several lyrics of love, has both 'a definite ...
