preindre

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French

Verb

preindre

  1. (obsolete or regional) Alternative spelling of prendre
    • 1857, Maine-et-Loire, Revue de l'Anjou:
      De telles figures à mémoire perpétuelle feist Frapin preindre son tinel et salle basse.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Middle French

Verb

preindre

  1. to take

Old French

Etymology 1

see priembre

Verb

preindre

  1. Alternative form of priembre
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Danish: prente
  • English: print
  • Middle Low German: prenten
  • Norwegian: prente

Etymology 2

see prendre

Verb

preindre

  1. Alternative form of prendre
    • 1872, François Marie Étienne Forel, Chartes communales du pays de Vaud dès l'an 1214 à l'an 1527:
      Si li Borgeis diont que li pains ne soit suffisants, li Seignour pout preindre les pains, et les donner ez pauvres.
      If the Burgesses say that there isn't enough bread, Sire can take these loaves and give them to the poor.
Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. 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.

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