atirier

Old French

Alternative forms

• atirer (chiefly Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

a- +‎ tire +‎ -ier.

Verb

atirier

1. to arrange; to put into order
2. to equip; to prepare
3. to dress; to adorn; to decorate
   • 12th century CE, Thomas de Kent, Roman de toute chevalerie [Novel of all chivalry], translation of Alexander romance; republished as B. Foster, with the assistance of I. Short, editor, The Anglo-Norman 'Alexander'​, London: Anglo-Norman Text Society, 1976, ANTS 29-31 (1976), and 32-33 (1977):

     La citee richement fesoit atirer

     He richly decorated the city

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		atirier			avoir atirié
gerund		en atirant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		atirant
past participle		atirié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	atir	atires	atire	atirons	atiriez	atirent
	imperfect	atiroie, atireie, atiroe, atirieve	atiroies, atireies, atiroes, atirieves	atiroit, atireit, atirot, atirieve	atiriiens, atiriens	atiriiez, atiriez	atiroient, atireient, atiroent, atirievent
	preterite	atirai	atiras	atira	atirames	atirastes	atirierent
	future	atirerai	atireras	atirera	atirerons	atireroiz, atirereiz, atirerez	atireront
	conditional	atireroie, atirereie	atireroies, atirereies	atireroit, atirereit	atireriiens, atireriens	atireriiez, atireriez	atireroient, atirereient
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	atir	atirs	atirt	atirons	atiriez	atirent
	imperfect	atirasse	atirasses	atirast	atirissons, atirissiens	atirissoiz, atirissez, atirissiez	atirassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	atire	—	atirons	atiriez	—

Descendants

• English: attire
• French: attirer

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (atirier)
• atirer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub