adober

Old French

Alternative forms

• adobier, adouber, adoubier, aduber, adubier

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *dubban, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *dub (“to fit”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dheubʰ- (“plug, peg, wedge”). Cognate with English dub.

Verb

adober

1. to dub (to bestow the title of knight upon)
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Ot adobé li rois Artus
     Quatre çanz chevaliers et plus

     King Arthur knighted
     More than 400 knights

2. to equip
3. (reflexive, s'adober) to equip oneself

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-b, *-bs, *-bt are modified to p, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		adober			avoir adobé
gerund		en adobant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		adobant
past participle		adobé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	adop	adobes	adobe	adobons	adobez	adobent
	imperfect	adoboie, adobeie, adoboe, adobeve	adoboies, adobeies, adoboes, adobeves	adoboit, adobeit, adobot, adobeve	adobiiens, adobiens	adobiiez, adobiez	adoboient, adobeient, adoboent, adobevent
	preterite	adobai	adobas	adoba	adobames	adobastes	adoberent
	future	adoberai	adoberas	adobera	adoberons	adoberoiz, adobereiz, adoberez	adoberont
	conditional	adoberoie, adobereie	adoberoies, adobereies	adoberoit, adobereit	adoberiiens, adoberiens	adoberiiez, adoberiez	adoberoient, adobereient
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	adop	ados	adot	adobons	adobez	adobent
	imperfect	adobasse	adobasses	adobast	adobissons, adobissiens	adobissoiz, adobissez, adobissiez	adobassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	adobe	—	adobons	adobez	—

Related terms

• dauber