assaier

Middle English

Alternative forms

• assaiour, assaioure, assayour, asaier

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman assaiour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsɛi̯uːr/, /aˈsɛi̯ər/, /ˈasɛi̯ər/

Noun

assaier (plural assaiers)

1. (rare) A researcher; a inquirer.
2. (rare) A quality control official.
3. (rare) A food-taster.

Descendants

• English: assayer

References

• “assaiǒur, -er (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.

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Old French

Verb

assaier

1. Alternative form of essaier

Conjugation

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

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		assaier			avoir assaié
gerund		en assaiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		assaiant
past participle		assaié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	assai	assaies	assaie	assaions	assaiez	assaient
	imperfect	assaioie, assaieie, assaioe, assaieve	assaioies, assaieies, assaioes, assaieves	assaioit, assaieit, assaiot, assaieve	assaiiiens, assaiiens	assaiiiez, assaiiez	assaioient, assaieient, assaioent, assaievent
	preterite	assaiai	assaias	assaia	assaiames	assaiastes	assaierent
	future	assaierai	assaieras	assaiera	assaierons	assaieroiz, assaiereiz, assaierez	assaieront
	conditional	assaieroie, assaiereie	assaieroies, assaiereies	assaieroit, assaiereit	assaieriiens, assaieriens	assaieriiez, assaieriez	assaieroient, assaiereient
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	assai	assais	assait	assaions	assaiez	assaient
	imperfect	assaiasse	assaiasses	assaiast	assaiissons, assaiissiens	assaiissoiz, assaiissez, assaiissiez	assaiassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	assaie	—	assaions	assaiez	—