cosdre

Old French

Alternative forms

• coudre

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cōsere, from Latin cōnsuere, present active infinitive of cōnsuō.

Verb

cosdre

1. to sew

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem keus distinct from the unstressed stem cos, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		cosdre			avoir cosu
gerund		en cosant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		cosant
past participle		cosu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	keus	keus	keust	cosons	cosez	keusent
	imperfect	cosoie, coseie	cosoies, coseies	cosoit, coseit	cosiiens, cosiens	cosiiez, cosiez	cosoient, coseient
	preterite	cosi	cosis	cosié	cosimes	cosistes	cosierent
	future	cosdrai	cosdras	cosdra	cosdrons	cosdroiz, cosdreiz, cosdrez	cosdront
	conditional	cosdroie, cosdreie	cosdroies, cosdreies	cosdroit, cosdreit	cosdriiens, cosdriens	cosdriiez, cosdriez	cosdroient, cosdreient
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	keuse	keuses	keuse	cosons	cosez	keusent
	imperfect	cosisse	cosisses	cosist	cosissons, cosissiens	cosissoiz, cosissez, cosissiez	cosissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	keus	—	cosons	cosez	—

Derived terms

• descosdre
• recosdre

Descendants

• French: coudre
• Norman: couôtre

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (cosdre, supplement)
• “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 151