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mesfaire
mesfaire
Old French
Alternative forms
- mesfere
Verb
mesfaire
- to do wrong; to do evil
- 12th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:
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A vos ne mesferoit il mie.
- He would not do wrong unto you.
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A vos ne mesferoit il mie.
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Lanval
- Vassal, vus m'avez mult mesfait!
- Vassal, you have betrayed me!
- Vassal, vus m'avez mult mesfait!
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of mesfaire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mesfaire | avoir mesfait | |||||
| gerund | en mesfaisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | mesfaisant | ||||||
| past participle | mesfait | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | mesfaz, mesfai | mesfais | mesfait | mesfaimes, mesfaisons | mesfaites | mesfont |
| imperfect | mesfaisoie, mesfaiseie | mesfaisoies, mesfaiseies | mesfaisoit, mesfaiseit | mesfaisiiens, mesfaisiens | mesfaisiiez, mesfaisiez | mesfaisoient, mesfaiseient | |
| preterite | mesfis | mesfeṣis | mesfist | mesfeṣimes | mesfeṣistes | mesfirent | |
| future | mesferai | mesferas | mesfera | mesferons | mesferoiz, mesfereiz, mesferez | mesferont | |
| conditional | mesferoie, mesfereie | mesferoies, mesfereies | mesferoit, mesfereit | mesferiiens, mesferiens | mesferiiez, mesferiez | mesferoient, mesfereient | |
| 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 | mesface | mesfaces | mesface | mesfaciens, mesfaçons | mesfaciez | mesfacent |
| imperfect | mesfeṣisse | mesfeṣisses | mesfeṣist | mesfeṣissons, mesfeṣissiens | mesfeṣissoiz, mesfeṣissez, mesfeṣissiez | mesfeṣissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | mesfa | — | mesfaimes, mesfaisons | mesfaites | — | ||
Related terms
Descendants
- French: méfaire