atorner

Old French

Alternative forms

• atourner
• aturner (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

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Verb

atorner

1. to prepare; to ready
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide

     Sa fame comande atorner

     He asked his wife to get ready

2. to assign (something to someone)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rns, *-rnt are modified to rz, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		atorner			avoir atorné
gerund		en atornant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		atornant
past participle		atorné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	atorn	atornes	atorne	atornons	atornez	atornent
	imperfect	atornoie, atorneie, atornoe, atorneve	atornoies, atorneies, atornoes, atorneves	atornoit, atorneit, atornot, atorneve	atorniiens, atorniens	atorniiez, atorniez	atornoient, atorneient, atornoent, atornevent
	preterite	atornai	atornas	atorna	atornames	atornastes	atornerent
	future	atornerai	atorneras	atornera	atornerons	atorneroiz, atornereiz, atornerez	atorneront
	conditional	atorneroie, atornereie	atorneroies, atornereies	atorneroit, atornereit	atorneriiens, atorneriens	atorneriiez, atorneriez	atorneroient, atornereient
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	atorn	atorz	atort	atornons	atornez	atornent
	imperfect	atornasse	atornasses	atornast	atornissons, atornissiens	atornissoiz, atornissez, atornissiez	atornassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	atorne	—	atornons	atornez	—

Descendants

• English: attorn, attorney (via atornee)
• Middle French: atourner
  • French: atourner

References

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