criembre

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Latin tremere, altered into a Gallo-Romance form *cremere, with the initial c- under the influence of the Celtic root *krit- (Breton kridien).[1]

Verb

criembre

  1. (transitive) to fear (have fear of)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem criem distinct from the unstressed stem crem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

  • French: craindre

References

  1. ^ Etymology and history of criembre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
  • “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 152