eslire

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French eslire.

Verb

eslire

  1. to select; to choose
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 59:
      Beaux seigneurs vous scavez bien que la coustume de ceans est telle que nous devons eslire cellui a nostre escient qui le mieulx a fait au tournoiement.
      Good sirs, you know very well that our custom is that we have to choose who, to the best of our knowledge, has performed the best in the tournament.

Descendants

  • French: élire

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exlegere, from Latin ēligere.

Verb

eslire

  1. to select; to choose

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of eslire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive eslire avoir esleü, eslit
gerund en eslisant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle eslisant
past participle esleü, eslit
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present esli eslis eslist eslisons eslisiez eslisent
imperfect eslisoie, esliseie eslisoies, esliseies eslisoit, esliseit eslisiiens, eslisiens eslisiiez, eslisiez eslisoient, esliseient
preterite eslui, eslis esleüs, eslesis eslut, eslist esleümes, eslesimes esleüstes, eslesistes eslurent, eslistrent
future eslirai esliras eslira eslirons esliroiz, eslireiz, eslirez esliront
conditional esliroie, eslireie esliroies, eslireies esliroit, eslireit esliriiens, esliriens esliriiez, esliriez esliroient, eslireient
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 eslise eslises eslise eslisiens, eslisons eslisiez eslisent
imperfect esleüsse, eslesisse esleüsses, eslesisses esleüst, eslesist esleüssons, esleüssiens, eslesissons, eslesissiens esleüssoiz, esleüssez, esleüssiez, eslesissoiz, eslesissez, eslesissiez esleüssent, eslesissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— eslis — eslisons eslisiez —

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