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doloir
doloir
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
doloir
- to suffer
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
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Je sai bien que mout vos dolez.
- I know you're suffering a lot
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Je sai bien que mout vos dolez.
- circa 1200, Robert Mauvoisin, Au tens d'esté que voi vergiers florir:
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La haute amor qui m'est el cuer entree
Souvent me fet le cuer et le cors doloir.- The great love that has entered into my heart
Often makes my heart and my body suffer.
- The great love that has entered into my heart
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La haute amor qui m'est el cuer entree
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- to inflict pain or suffering
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem duel distinct from the unstressed stem dol, 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 doloir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | doloir | avoir dolu | |||||
| gerund | en dolant, doillant, dueillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | dolant, doillant, dueillant | ||||||
| past participle | dolu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | doil, dueil, duel | dueus | dueut | dolons | dolez | duelent |
| imperfect | doloie, doleie | doloies, doleies | doloit, doleit | doliiens, doliens | doliiez, doliez | doloient, doleient | |
| preterite | dolui | dolus | dolu | dolumes | dolustes | dolurent | |
| future | doudrai | doudras | doudra | doudrons | doudroiz, doudreiz, doudrez | doudront | |
| conditional | doudroie, doudreie | doudroies, doudreies | doudroit, doudreit | doudriiens, doudriens | doudriiez, doudriez | doudroient, doudreient | |
| 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 | dueille | dueilles | dueille | doilliens, doillons, dueillons | doilliez, dueilliez | dueillent |
| imperfect | dolusse | dolusses | dolust | dolussons, dolussiens | dolussoiz, dolussez, dolussiez | dolussent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | duel | — | dolons | dolez | — | ||
Related terms
Descendants
- French: douloir
References
- “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-09838-6, page 153