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eslire

eslire

Middle French

Verb

eslire

  1. to select; to choose
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 59:
      Beaux seigneurs vous scavez bien que la coustume de ceans est telle que nous devons eslire cellui a nostre escient qui le mieulx a fait au tournoiement.
      Good sirs, you know very well that our custom is that we have to choose who, to the best of our knowledge, has performed the best in the tournament.

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exligere, from Latin ēligere, present active infinitive of ēligō.

Verb

eslire

  1. to select; to choose

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.

    Conjugation of eslire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive eslire avoir esleü, eslit
gerund en eslisant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle eslisant
past participle esleü, eslit
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present esli eslis eslist eslisons eslisiez eslisent
imperfect eslisoie, esliseie eslisoies, esliseies eslisoit, esliseit eslisiiens, eslisiens eslisiiez, eslisiez eslisoient, esliseient
preterite eslui, eslis esleüs, eslesis eslut, eslist esleümes, eslesimes esleüstes, eslesistes eslurent, eslistrent
future eslirai esliras eslira eslirons esliroiz, eslireiz, eslirez esliront
conditional esliroie, eslireie esliroies, eslireies esliroit, eslireit esliriiens, esliriens esliriiez, esliriez esliroient, eslireient
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 eslise eslises eslise eslisiens, eslisons eslisiez eslisent
imperfect esleüsse, eslesisse esleüsses, eslesisses esleüst, eslesist esleüssons, esleüssiens, eslesissons, eslesissiens esleüssoiz, esleüssez, esleüssiez, eslesissoiz, eslesissez, eslesissiez esleüssent, eslesissent
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 –
— eslis — eslisons eslisiez —

Descendants

Etymology

From Old French eslire, from Vulgar Latin *exligere, from Latin ēligere, present active infinitive of ēligō.

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