esmoveir
Old French
Verb
esmoveir
- (Anglo-Norman, early) Alternative form of esmovoir
- circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
- Tex pot guerre esmoveir, e guerre commenchier
- Such a one could hardly put it into motion, and hardly begin it
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem esmuev distinct from the unstressed stem esmov, 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 esmoveir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | esmoveir | aveir esmeü, es meu | |||||
| gerund | en esmovant | Use the gerund of aveir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | esmovant | ||||||
| past participle | esmeü, es meu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | esmuef | esmues | esmuet | esmovons | esmovez | esmuevent |
| imperfect | esmoveie | esmoveies | esmoveit | esmoviiens, esmoviens | esmoviiez, esmoviez | esmoveient | |
| preterite | esmui | esmeüs | esmut | esmeümes | esmeüstes | esmurent | |
| future | esmovrai | esmovras | esmovra | esmovrons | esmovreiz, esmovrez | esmovront | |
| conditional | esmovreie | esmovreies | esmovreit | esmovriiens, esmovriens | esmovriiez, esmovriez | esmovreient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of aveir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | esmueve | esmueves | esmueve | esmovons | esmovez | esmuevent |
| imperfect | esmeüsse | esmeüsses | esmeüst | esmeüssons, esmeüssiens | esmeüsseiz, esmeüssez, esmeüssiez | esmeüssent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of aveir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | esmuef | — | esmovons | esmovez | — | ||
References
- esmoveir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub