offendre

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, form Latin offendere, present active infinitive of offendō.

Verb

offendre

1. to attack
2. to offend

References

• offendre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (offendre)

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin offendere, present active infinitive of offendō.

Verb

offendre

1. to attack
2. to offend

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		offendre			avoir offendu
gerund		en offendant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		offendant
past participle		offendu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	offent	offenz	offent	offendons	offendez	offendent
	imperfect	offendoie, offendeie	offendoies, offendeies	offendoit, offendeit	offendiiens, offendiens	offendiiez, offendiez	offendoient, offendeient
	preterite	offendi	offendis	offendié	offendimes	offendistes	offendierent
	future	offendrai	offendras	offendra	offendrons	offendroiz, offendreiz, offendrez	offendront
	conditional	offendroie, offendreie	offendroies, offendreies	offendroit, offendreit	offendriiens, offendriens	offendriiez, offendriez	offendroient, offendreient
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	offende	offendes	offende	offendons	offendez	offendent
	imperfect	offendisse	offendisses	offendist	offendissons, offendissiens	offendissoiz, offendissez, offendissiez	offendissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	offent	—	offendons	offendez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: offendre
  • → Middle English: offenden
    • English: offend
    • Scots: offend

References

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