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fraindre
fraindre
Old French
Verb
fraindre (past participle frait or fret)
- to break; (damage significantly)
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 fraindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fraindre | avoir fraint, frait | |||||
| gerund | en fraignant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | fraignant | ||||||
| past participle | fraint, frait | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | fraing | frainz | fraint | fraignons | fraigniez | fraignent |
| imperfect | fraignoie, fraigneie | fraignoies, fraigneies | fraignoit, fraigneit | fraigniiens, fraigniens | fraigniiez, fraigniez | fraignoient, fraigneient | |
| preterite | frains | frainsis | frainst | frainsimes | frainsistes | frainstrent | |
| future | fraindrai | fraindras | fraindra | fraindrons | fraindroiz, fraindreiz, fraindrez | fraindront | |
| conditional | fraindroie, fraindreie | fraindroies, fraindreies | fraindroit, fraindreit | fraindriiens, fraindriens | fraindriiez, fraindriez | fraindroient, fraindreient | |
| 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 | fraigne, frange | fraignes, franges | fraigne, frange | fraigniens, fraignons, frangiens, franjons | fraigniez, frangiez | fraignent, frangent |
| imperfect | frainsisse | frainsisses | frainsist | frainsissons, frainsissiens | frainsissoiz, frainsissez, frainsissiez | frainsissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | fraing | — | fraignons | fraigniez | — | ||
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (fraindre)