afier

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin affidāre, present active infinitive of affidō.

Verb

afier

  1. to promise; to swear
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 156, line 1837:
      sa fei lealment li afie
      he loyally pledges his allegiance to him

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of afier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive afier avoir afïé
gerund en afiant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle afiant
past participle afïé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present afi afïes afïe afions afïez afïent
imperfect afioie, afïeie, afioe, afïeve afioies, afïeies, afioes, afïeves afioit, afïeit, afiot, afïeve afiiiens, afiiens afiiiez, afiiez afioient, afïeient, afioent, afïevent
preterite afiai afias afia afiames afiastes afïerent
future afïerai afïeras afïera afïerons afïeroiz, afïereiz, afïerez afïeront
conditional afïeroie, afïereie afïeroies, afïereies afïeroit, afïereit afïeriiens, afïeriens afïeriiez, afïeriez afïeroient, afïereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present afi afis afit afions afïez afïent
imperfect afiasse afiasses afiast afiissons, afiissiens afiissoiz, afiissez, afiissiez afiassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— afïe — afions afïez —

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → English: affy
  • Middle French: affier

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (afier)
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