Probably a conflation of Frankish *lattjan (“to hinder, delay”) (from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), whence archaic English let), *laibijan (“to leave”) / *laibjan (from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną, whence English leave), and *laggjan (“to lay”) (from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną, whence English lay). Compare with laissier. More at relay and delay.
laiier
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but 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.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | laiier | avoir laiié | |||||
| gerund | en laiant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | laiant | ||||||
| past participle | laiié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | lai | laies, lais | laie, lait | laions | laiiez | laient |
| imperfect | laioie, laieie, laioe, laiieve | laioies, laieies, laioes, laiieves | laioit, laieit, laiot, laiieve | laiiiens, laiiens | laiiiez, laiiez | laioient, laieient, laioent, laiievent | |
| preterite | laiai | laias | laia | laiames | laiastes | laiierent | |
| future | lairai, lerrai | lairas, lerras | laira, lerra | lairons, lerrons | lairoiz, laireiz, lairez, lerroiz, lerreiz, lerrez | lairont, lerront | |
| conditional | lairoie, laireie, lerroie, lerreie | lairoies, laireies, lerroies, lerreies | lairoit, laireit, lerroit, lerreit | lairiiens, lairiens, lerriiens, lerriens | lairiiez, lairiez, lerriiez, lerriez | lairoient, laireient, lerroient, lerreient | |
| 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 | lai | lais | lait, laie | laions | laiiez | laient |
| imperfect | laiasse | laiasses | laiast | laiissons, laiissiens | laiissoiz, laiissez, laiissiez | laiassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | lai, laie | — | laions | laiiez | — | ||