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afier
afier
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
afier
- to promise; to swear
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 156 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 1837:
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sa fei lealment li afie
- he loyally pledges his allegiance to him
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sa fei lealment li afie
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Synonyms
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of afier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | afier | avoir afïé | |||||
| gerund | en afiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | afiant | ||||||
| past participle | afïé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | afi | afïes | afïe | afions | afïez | afïent |
| imperfect | afioie, afïeie, afioe, afïeve | afioies, afïeies, afioes, afïeves | afioit, afïeit, afiot, afïeve | afiiiens, afiiens | afiiiez, afiiez | afioient, afïeient, afioent, afïevent | |
| preterite | afiai | afias | afia | afiames | afiastes | afïerent | |
| future | afïerai | afïeras | afïera | afïerons | afïeroiz, afïereiz, afïerez | afïeront | |
| conditional | afïeroie, afïereie | afïeroies, afïereies | afïeroit, afïereit | afïeriiens, afïeriens | afïeriiez, afïeriez | afïeroient, afïereient | |
| 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 | afi | afis | afit | afions | afïez | afïent |
| imperfect | afiasse | afiasses | afiast | afiissons, afiissiens | afiissoiz, afiissez, afiissiez | afiassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | afïe | — | afions | afïez | — | ||
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (afier)