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creindre
creindre
Old French
Verb
creindre
- Alternative form of criembre
- circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
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Willame dote mult e creint
- He doubts and fears William
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Willame dote mult e creint
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of creindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | creindre | avoir creint, crent, cremu | |||||
| gerund | en cremant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | cremant | ||||||
| past participle | creint, crent, cremu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | creim | creins | creint | cremons | cremez | creiment |
| imperfect | cremoie, cremeie | cremoies, cremeies | cremoit, cremeit | cremiiens, cremiens | cremiiez, cremiez | cremoient, cremeient | |
| preterite | creins, crens, cremi, cremui | creinsis, crensis, cremis, cremus | creinst, crenst, cremi, cremu | creinsimes, crensimes, cremimes, cremumes | creinsistes, crensistes, cremistes, cremustes | creinstrent, crenstrent, cremirent, cremurent | |
| future | creindrai | creindras | creindra | creindrons | creindroiz, creindreiz, creindrez | creindront | |
| conditional | creindroie, creindreie | creindroies, creindreies | creindroit, creindreit | creindriiens, creindriens | creindriiez, creindriez | creindroient, creindreient | |
| 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 | creime, creinge | creimes, creinges | creime, creinge | cremons, creingiens, creinjons | cremez, creingiez | creiment, creingent |
| imperfect | creinsisse, crensisse, cremisse, cremusse | creinsisses, crensisses, cremisses, cremusses | creinsist, crensist, cremist, cremust | creinsissons, creinsissiens, crensissons, crensissiens, cremissons, cremissiens, cremussons, cremussiens | creinsissoiz, creinsissez, creinsissiez, crensissoiz, crensissez, crensissiez, cremissoiz, cremissez, cremissiez, cremussoiz, cremussez, cremussiez | creinsissent, crensissent, cremissent, cremussent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | creim | — | cremons | cremez | — | ||