Template:enm-verb/documentation

Usage

This template is designed to format the head word and categories of Middle English verbs. It takes the following parameters

Parameter	Function	Default value (if left unspecified)
head	The head word. To be used if different from the page name, or to link to individual words in a page name.	{{PAGENAME}}
stem	The stem of the verb, usually the infinitive minus the -en ending. This must be specified unless all the inflections are specified manually (see below).	none
1	The third-person singular present indicative.	none
2	The present participle.	none
3	The past participle and first-/third-person singular past indicative. However if 4 is specified with a different value to 3, 3 denotes the first-/third-person singular past indicative, while 4 denotes the past participle.	none
4	The past participle. When not specified, it is the same as 3 above, and merged into one link.	none

Examples

At slepen#Middle English, this:

{{enm-verb|stem=slep}}

produces this:

slepen (third-person singular simple present slepeth, present participle slepende, slepynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle sleped)

At speken#Middle English, this:

{{enm-verb|speketh|spekynge|spak|speken}}

produces this:

speken (third-person singular simple present speketh, present participle spekynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative spak, past participle speken)

(stem is not required in this case, because the individual forms are specified explicitly).