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desclamer
desclamer
Old French
Verb
desclamer
- to call upon (as a witness, etc.)
- 1305, Year books of the reign of Edward the First:
- Par quei, Margerye, volez vous ceo desclamer ?
- Who, Marjorie, do you wish to bear witness to this?
- Par quei, Margerye, volez vous ceo desclamer ?
- 1305, Year books of the reign of Edward the First:
- to refute; to deny
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. This verb has a stressed present stem desclaim distinct from the unstressed stem desclam. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of desclamer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | desclamer | avoir desclamé | |||||
gerund | en desclamant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | desclamant | ||||||
past participle | desclamé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | desclaim | desclaimes | desclaime | desclamons | desclamez | desclaiment |
imperfect | desclamoie, desclameie, desclamoe, desclameve | desclamoies, desclameies, desclamoes, desclameves | desclamoit, desclameit, desclamot, desclameve | desclamiiens, desclamiens | desclamiiez, desclamiez | desclamoient, desclameient, desclamoent, desclamevent | |
preterite | desclamai | desclamas | desclama | desclamames | desclamastes | desclamerent | |
future | desclamerai | desclameras | desclamera | desclamerons | desclameroiz, desclamereiz, desclamerez | desclameront | |
conditional | desclameroie, desclamereie | desclameroies, desclamereies | desclameroit, desclamereit | desclameriiens, desclameriens | desclameriiez, desclameriez | desclameroient, desclamereient | |
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 | desclaim | desclains | desclaint | desclamons | desclamez | desclaiment |
imperfect | desclamasse | desclamasses | desclamast | desclamissons, desclamissiens | desclamissoiz, desclamissez, desclamissiez | desclamassent | |
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 | – | |
— | desclaime | — | desclamons | desclamez | — |
Descendants
- English: to disclaim (borrowed)
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (desclamer)