ayder

Middle French

Alternative forms

• aider

Etymology

From Old French aidier, from Latin adiutāre, present active infinitive of adiūtō (“help, assist”).

Verb

ayder

1. to help; to aid

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of ayder

infinitive	simple	ayder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	aydant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		aydé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ayde	aydes	ayde	aydons	aydez	aydent
	imperfect	aydois, aydoys	aydois, aydoys	aydoit, aydoyt	aydions, aydyons	aydiez, aydyez	aydoient, aydoyent
	past historic	ayda	aydas	ayda	aydasmes	aydastes	ayderent
	future	ayderai, ayderay	ayderas	aydera	ayderons	ayderez	ayderont
	conditional	ayderois, ayderoys	ayderois, ayderoys	ayderoit, ayderoyt	ayderions, ayderyons	ayderiez, ayderyez	ayderoient, ayderoyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	ayde	aydes	ayde	aydons	aydez	aydent
	imperfect	aydasse	aydasses	aydast	aydassions	aydassiez	aydassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ayde	—	aydons	aydez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: aider
• → Middle English: aiden, eiden
  • English: aid
  • Scots: aid