prester

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English prestre, from Old French prestre. Doublet of presbyter and priest.

Noun

prester (plural presters)

1. (obsolete) A priest or presbyter.

Derived terms

• Prester John

Etymology 2

From New Latin prēstēr, from Ancient Greek πρηστήρ (prēstḗr, “hurricane or waterspout attended with lightning; (in plural) veins of the neck when swollen by anger”).

Noun

prester (plural presters or (rare) presteres)

1. A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.
2. One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “prester”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• represt, terpers

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɛs.te/

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Verb

prester

1. (Belgium, transitive) to work (a certain amount of time), to provide a service

   J'ai presté cinq heures.

Inflection

Conjugation of prester (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	prester
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	prestant /pʁɛs.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		presté /pʁɛs.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	preste /pʁɛst/	prestes /pʁɛst/	preste /pʁɛst/	prestons /pʁɛs.tɔ̃/	prestez /pʁɛs.te/	prestent /pʁɛst/
	imperfect	prestais /pʁɛs.tɛ/	prestais /pʁɛs.tɛ/	prestait /pʁɛs.tɛ/	prestions /pʁɛs.tjɔ̃/	prestiez /pʁɛs.tje/	prestaient /pʁɛs.tɛ/
	past historic2	prestai /pʁɛs.te/	prestas /pʁɛs.ta/	presta /pʁɛs.ta/	prestâmes /pʁɛs.tam/	prestâtes /pʁɛs.tat/	prestèrent /pʁɛs.tɛʁ/
	future	presterai /pʁɛs.tə.ʁe/	presteras /pʁɛs.tə.ʁa/	prestera /pʁɛs.tə.ʁa/	presterons /pʁɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/	presterez /pʁɛs.tə.ʁe/	presteront /pʁɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	presterais /pʁɛs.tə.ʁɛ/	presterais /pʁɛs.tə.ʁɛ/	presterait /pʁɛs.tə.ʁɛ/	presterions /pʁɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	presteriez /pʁɛs.tə.ʁje/	presteraient /pʁɛs.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	preste /pʁɛst/	prestes /pʁɛst/	preste /pʁɛst/	prestions /pʁɛs.tjɔ̃/	prestiez /pʁɛs.tje/	prestent /pʁɛst/
	imperfect2	prestasse /pʁɛs.tas/	prestasses /pʁɛs.tas/	prestât /pʁɛs.ta/	prestassions /pʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/	prestassiez /pʁɛs.ta.sje/	prestassent /pʁɛs.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	preste /pʁɛst/	—	prestons /pʁɛs.tɔ̃/	prestez /pʁɛs.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• prestation

Further reading

• “prester”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• preter

Etymology

From Old French prester. Cognate with Norman prêter and borrowed Middle English prest (whence English prest).

Verb

prester

1. to lend; to loan

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of prester

infinitive	simple	prester
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	prestant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		presté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	preste	prestes	preste	prestons	prestez	prestent
	imperfect	prestois, prestoys	prestois, prestoys	prestoit, prestoyt	prestions, prestyons	prestiez, prestyez	prestoient, prestoyent
	past historic	presta	prestas	presta	prestasmes	prestastes	presterent
	future	presterai, presteray	presteras	prestera	presterons	presterez	presteront
	conditional	presterois, presteroys	presterois, presteroys	presteroit, presteroyt	presterions, presteryons	presteriez, presteryez	presteroient, presteroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	preste	prestes	preste	prestons	prestez	prestent
	imperfect	prestasse	prestasses	prestast	prestassions	prestassiez	prestassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	preste	—	prestons	prestez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: prêter

Middle Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse prestr m, from Old English prēost. Cognate with Old Swedish præster and Icelandic prestur.

Noun

prester m

1. priest

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: prest
• Norwegian Bokmål: prest

References

• Alieva, Dinara. (2013) Adnominale genitivskonstruksjoner i mellomnorsk.
• Dokumentasjonsprosjektet, Dataene er fra Diplomatarium Norvegicum bind I-XXI.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

prester m

1. indefinite plural of prest

Old French

Etymology

From Latin praestāre, present active infinitive of praestō. See also Italian prestare, Portuguese prestar, Romanian presta, Spanish prestar.

Verb

prester

1. to borrow
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Tant que je puisse armes trover
     Ou a loiier ou a prester.

     As long as I can find arms
     Either to hire, or to borrow.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		prester			avoir presté
gerund		en prestant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		prestant
past participle		presté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	prest	prestes	preste	prestons	prestez	prestent
	imperfect	prestoie, presteie, prestoe, presteve	prestoies, presteies, prestoes, presteves	prestoit, presteit, prestot, presteve	prestiiens, prestiens	prestiiez, prestiez	prestoient, presteient, prestoent, prestevent
	preterite	prestai	prestas	presta	prestames	prestastes	presterent
	future	presterai	presteras	prestera	presterons	presteroiz, prestereiz, presterez	presteront
	conditional	presteroie, prestereie	presteroies, prestereies	presteroit, prestereit	presteriiens, presteriens	presteriiez, presteriez	presteroient, prestereient
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	prest	prez	prest	prestons	prestez	prestent
	imperfect	prestasse	prestasses	prestast	prestissons, prestissiens	prestissoiz, prestissez, prestissiez	prestassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	preste	—	prestons	prestez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: prester, preter
  • French: prêter
• Norman: prêter
• → Middle English: prest
  • English: prest