oindre

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French oindre, from Latin ungere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛ̃dʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -wɛ̃dʁ

Verb

oindre

  1. (dated) to anoint

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like peindre. It uses the same endings as rendre or vendre, but its -nd- becomes -gn- before a vowel, and its past participle ends in 't' instead of a vowel.

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Further reading

Anagrams

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ungere.

Verb

oindre

  1. to anoint
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 165 of this essay:
      Item on leur doit oindre le pis de cest onguent
      Likewise, one should anoint their chest with this ointment.

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.

Descendants

  • French: oindre

Further reading

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (oindre)