shoulden

English

Etymology

should +‎ -en

Verb

shoulden

1. (obsolete) plural simple past of shall
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Maye. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, →OCLC, folio 18, verso:

     How ſhoulden ſhepheardes liue, if not ſo?

   • 1614, John Davies of Hereford, An Eclogue between yong Willy the Singer of his native Pastorals, and old Wernocke his Friend:

     For thy we shoulden take keepe of our Race

   • 1614, William Browne, The Shepheards Pipe. The First Eclogue:

     And told them whither that they shoulden go.

Anagrams

• Hudelson