seeler

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sigellāre, from Latin sigillāre, present active infinitive of sigillō (“I seal”), from sigillum (“seal”).

Verb

seeler

1. to seal
   • c. 1200, author unknown, Aucassin et Nicolette:

     Puis si fist l'uis seeler c'on ne peust de nule part entrer ne iscir

     The he sealed up the door so that nobody could get in or out

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In addition, the forms that would normally end in *-els, *-elt are changed (seemingly irregularly) to -eus, -eut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		seeler			avoir seelé
gerund		en seelant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		seelant
past participle		seelé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	seel	seeles	seele	seelons	seelez	seelent
	imperfect	seeloie, seeleie, seeloe, seeleve	seeloies, seeleies, seeloes, seeleves	seeloit, seeleit, seelot, seeleve	seeliiens, seeliens	seeliiez, seeliez	seeloient, seeleient, seeloent, seelevent
	preterite	seelai	seelas	seela	seelames	seelastes	seelerent
	future	seelerai	seeleras	seelera	seelerons	seeleroiz, seelereiz, seelerez	seeleront
	conditional	seeleroie, seelereie	seeleroies, seelereies	seeleroit, seelereit	seeleriiens, seeleriens	seeleriiez, seeleriez	seeleroient, seelereient
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	seel	seeus	seeut	seelons	seelez	seelent
	imperfect	seelasse	seelasses	seelast	seelissons, seelissiens	seelissoiz, seelissez, seelissiez	seelassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	seele	—	seelons	seelez	—

Descendants

• → English: seal
• Middle French: sceller
  • French: sceller