enmener

enmener

Old French

Verb

enmener

1. to lead away; to take away
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:

     La damoiselle ainssi l'enmaine

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. It has two stems, a unstressed one in -men- that appears in most forms and a stressed one in -mein- (also -main-) that appears in parts of the present indicative, subjunctive and imperative. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of enmener (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		enmener			avoir enmené
gerund		en enmenant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		enmenant
past participle		enmené
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	enmein, enmain	enmeines, enmaines	enmeine, enmaine	enmenons	enmenez	enmeinent, enmainent
	imperfect	enmenoie, enmeneie, enmenoe, enmeneve	enmenoies, enmeneies, enmenoes, enmeneves	enmenoit, enmeneit, enmenot, enmeneve	enmeniiens, enmeniens	enmeniiez, enmeniez	enmenoient, enmeneient, enmenoent, enmenevent
	preterite	enmenai	enmenas	enmena	enmenames	enmenastes	enmenerent
	future	enmenerai	enmeneras	enmenera	enmenerons	enmeneroiz, enmenereiz, enmenerez	enmeneront
	conditional	enmeneroie, enmenereie	enmeneroies, enmenereies	enmeneroit, enmenereit	enmeneriiens, enmeneriens	enmeneriiez, enmeneriez	enmeneroient, enmenereient
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	enmein, enmain	enmeins, enmains	enmeint, enmaint	enmenons	enmenez	enmeinent, enmainent
	imperfect	enmenasse	enmenasses	enmenast	enmenissons, enmenissiens	enmenissoiz, enmenissez, enmenissiez	enmenassent
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	–
		—	enmeine, enmaine	—	enmenons	enmenez	—

Descendants

• French: emmener