afaitier

Old French

Alternative forms

• afaiter
• affaitier

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *affactō.

Verb

afaitier

1. to make
2. to prepare; to ready

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. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		afaitier			avoir afaitié
gerund		en afaitant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		afaitant
past participle		afaitié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	afait	afaites	afaite	afaitons	afaitiez	afaitent
	imperfect	afaitoie, afaiteie, afaitoe, afaitieve	afaitoies, afaiteies, afaitoes, afaitieves	afaitoit, afaiteit, afaitot, afaitieve	afaitiiens, afaitiens	afaitiiez, afaitiez	afaitoient, afaiteient, afaitoent, afaitievent
	preterite	afaitai	afaitas	afaita	afaitames	afaitastes	afaitierent
	future	afaiterai	afaiteras	afaitera	afaiterons	afaiteroiz, afaitereiz, afaiterez	afaiteront
	conditional	afaiteroie, afaitereie	afaiteroies, afaitereies	afaiteroit, afaitereit	afaiteriiens, afaiteriens	afaiteriiez, afaiteriez	afaiteroient, afaitereient
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	afait	afaiz	afait	afaitons	afaitiez	afaitent
	imperfect	afaitasse	afaitasses	afaitast	afaitissons, afaitissiens	afaitissoiz, afaitissez, afaitissiez	afaitassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	afaite	—	afaitons	afaitiez	—

Descendants

• → Middle English: afaiten
• Middle French: affaiter

References

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