mescroire

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

mes- +‎ croire.

Verb

mescroire

  1. to disbelieve
  2. to mistrust; to doubt

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem mescroi distinct from the unstressed stem mescre, 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 mescroire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive mescroire avoir mescreü
gerund en mescreant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle mescreant
past participle mescreü
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present mescroi mescroiz mescroit mescreons mescreez mescroient
imperfect mescreoie, mescreeie mescreoies, mescreeies mescreoit, mescreeit mescreïiens, mescreïens mescreïiez, mescreïez mescreoient, mescreeient
preterite mescrui, mescreï mescreüs, mescreïs mescrut, mescreï mescreümes, mescreïmes mescreüstes, mescreïstes mescrurent, mescreïrent
future mescrerai mescreras mescrera mescrerons mescreroiz, mescrereiz, mescrerez mescreront
conditional mescreroie, mescrereie mescreroies, mescrereies mescreroit, mescrereit mescreriiens, mescreriens mescreriiez, mescreriez mescreroient, mescrereient
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 mescroie mescroies mescroie mescreons mescreez mescroient
imperfect mescreüsse, mescreïsse mescreüsses, mescreïsses mescreüst, mescreïst mescreüssons, mescreüssiens, mescreïssons, mescreïssiens mescreüssoiz, mescreüssez, mescreüssiez, mescreïssoiz, mescreïssez, mescreïssiez mescreüssent, mescreïssent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— mescroi — mescreons mescreez —

Descendants

  • French: mécroire
  • English: miscreant (from present participle)

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