PRESENT TENSE. Singular. Plural. (I) hope, (We) hopen. (Thou) hopes, (Ȝe) hopen. (He) hopes, (Thay) hopen. PRETERITE TENSE. (I) hopede[64] (hoped), (We) hopeden. (Thou) hopedes (hoped), (Ȝe) hopeden. (He) hopede[64] (hoped), (Thay) hopeden.