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acoler
acoler
Old French
Verb
acoler
- to embrace, to take in one's arms
- 12th Century, Conon de Béthune, L'autrier avint en cel autre païs
- Ains vos prendroit envie d'un bel vallet baisier et acoler
- You'd perhaps be more inclined to kiss and hug a young manservant
- Ains vos prendroit envie d'un bel vallet baisier et acoler
- 12th Century, Conon de Béthune, L'autrier avint en cel autre païs
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ols, *-olt are modified to ous, out. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of acoler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | acoler | avoir acolé | |||||
| gerund | en acolant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | acolant | ||||||
| past participle | acolé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | acol | acoles | acole | acolons | acolez | acolent |
| imperfect | acoloie, acoleie, acoloe, acoleve | acoloies, acoleies, acoloes, acoleves | acoloit, acoleit, acolot, acoleve | acoliiens, acoliens | acoliiez, acoliez | acoloient, acoleient, acoloent, acolevent | |
| preterite | acolai | acolas | acola | acolames | acolastes | acolerent | |
| future | acolerai | acoleras | acolera | acolerons | acoleroiz, acolereiz, acolerez | acoleront | |
| conditional | acoleroie, acolereie | acoleroies, acolereies | acoleroit, acolereit | acoleriiens, acoleriens | acoleriiez, acoleriez | acoleroient, acolereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | acol | acous | acout | acolons | acolez | acolent |
| imperfect | acolasse | acolasses | acolast | acolissons, acolissiens | acolissoiz, acolissez, acolissiez | acolassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | acole | — | acolons | acolez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: accoler