meintenir

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

main +‎ tenir, calque of Latin manūs teneō

Verb

meintenir

  1. to maintain (to keep the same)
    • c. 1250, Marie de France, Equitan:
      Tut sa terre li guardout
      E meinteneit e justisout
      He looked after all his land
      And upheld justice

Conjugation

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

    Conjugation of meintenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive meintenir avoir meintenu
gerund en meintenant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle meintenant
past participle meintenu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present meintieng, meintien meintiens meintient meintenons meintenez meintienent
imperfect meintenoie, meinteneie meintenoies, meinteneies meintenoit, meinteneit meinteniiens, meinteniens meinteniiez, meinteniez meintenoient, meinteneient
preterite meintin meintenis meintint meintenimes meintenistes meintindrent, meintinrent
future meintendrai meintendras meintendra meintendrons meintendroiz, meintendreiz, meintendrez meintendront
conditional meintendroie, meintendreie meintendroies, meintendreies meintendroit, meintendreit meintendriiens, meintendriens meintendriiez, meintendriez meintendroient, meintendreient
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 meintiegne meintiegnes meintiegne meintiegniens, meintiegnons meintiegniez meintiegnent
imperfect meintenisse meintenisses meintenist meintenissons, meintenissiens meintenissoiz, meintenissez, meintenissiez meintenissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— meintien — meintenons meintenez —

Descendants

  • English: to maintain
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