eslire
Middle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French eslire.
Verb
editeslire
- to select; to choose
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 59:
- Beaux seigneurs vous scavez bien que la coustume de ceans est telle que nous devons eslire cellui a nostre escient qui le mieulx a fait au tournoiement.
- Good sirs, you know very well that our custom is that we have to choose who, to the best of our knowledge, has performed the best in the tournament.
Descendants
edit- French: élire
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *exlegere, from Latin ēligere.
Verb
editeslire
Conjugation
editThis verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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 eslire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | eslire | avoir esleü, eslit | |||||
gerund | en eslisant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | eslisant | ||||||
past participle | esleü, eslit | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | esli | eslis | eslist | eslisons | eslisiez | eslisent |
imperfect | eslisoie, esliseie | eslisoies, esliseies | eslisoit, esliseit | eslisiiens, eslisiens | eslisiiez, eslisiez | eslisoient, esliseient | |
preterite | eslui, eslis | esleüs, eslesis | eslut, eslist | esleümes, eslesimes | esleüstes, eslesistes | eslurent, eslistrent | |
future | eslirai | esliras | eslira | eslirons | esliroiz, eslireiz, eslirez | esliront | |
conditional | esliroie, eslireie | esliroies, eslireies | esliroit, eslireit | esliriiens, esliriens | esliriiez, esliriez | esliroient, eslireient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | eslise | eslises | eslise | eslisiens, eslisons | eslisiez | eslisent |
imperfect | esleüsse, eslesisse | esleüsses, eslesisses | esleüst, eslesist | esleüssons, esleüssiens, eslesissons, eslesissiens | esleüssoiz, esleüssez, esleüssiez, eslesissoiz, eslesissez, eslesissiez | esleüssent, eslesissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | eslis | — | eslisons | eslisiez | — |
Descendants
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