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enoiier
enoiier
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
enoiier
- to bother; to cause problems
- to be angry
- circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:
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Alixandre molt en enuie
qant son conpaignon voit ocis- Alexander was very angry
when he saw his friend die
- Alexander was very angry
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Alixandre molt en enuie
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has a stressed present stem enui distinct from the unstressed stem enoi. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of enoiier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | enoiier | avoir enoiié | |||||
| gerund | en enoiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | enoiant | ||||||
| past participle | enoiié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | enui | enuies | enuie | enoions | enoiiez | enuient |
| imperfect | enoioie, enoieie, enoioe, enoiieve | enoioies, enoieies, enoioes, enoiieves | enoioit, enoieit, enoiot, enoiieve | enoiiiens, enoiiens | enoiiiez, enoiiez | enoioient, enoieient, enoioent, enoiievent | |
| preterite | enoiai | enoias | enoia | enoiames | enoiastes | enoiierent | |
| future | enoierai | enoieras | enoiera | enoierons | enoieroiz, enoiereiz, enoierez | enoieront | |
| conditional | enoieroie, enoiereie | enoieroies, enoiereies | enoieroit, enoiereit | enoieriiens, enoieriens | enoieriiez, enoieriez | enoieroient, enoiereient | |
| 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 | enui | enuis | enuit | enoions | enoiiez | enuient |
| imperfect | enoiasse | enoiasses | enoiast | enoiissons, enoiissiens | enoiissoiz, enoiissez, enoiissiez | enoiassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | enuie | — | enoions | enoiiez | — | ||