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orer
orer
Old French
Etymology
From Latin ōrāre, present active infinitive of ōrō.
Verb
orer
- to pray
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:
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Jamais ne li fust nuns anuiz
A releveir chacune nuit
Por aleir a l'eglize oreir- It never bothered her
To get up each night
To go to the Church and pray
- It never bothered her
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Jamais ne li fust nuns anuiz
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem eur distinct from the unstressed stem or. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of orer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | orer | avoir oré | |||||
| gerund | en orant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | orant | ||||||
| past participle | oré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | eur | eures | eure | orons | orez | eurent |
| imperfect | oroie, oreie, oroe, oreve | oroies, oreies, oroes, oreves | oroit, oreit, orot, oreve | oriiens, oriens | oriiez, oriez | oroient, oreient, oroent, orevent | |
| preterite | orai | oras | ora | orames | orastes | orerent | |
| future | orerai | oreras | orera | orerons | oreroiz, orereiz, orerez | oreront | |
| conditional | oreroie, orereie | oreroies, orereies | oreroit, orereit | oreriiens, oreriens | oreriiez, oreriez | oreroient, orereient | |
| 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 | eur | eurs | eurt | orons | orez | eurent |
| imperfect | orasse | orasses | orast | orissons, orissiens | orissoiz, orissez, orissiez | orassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | eure | — | orons | orez | — | ||
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (orer)