delitier

Old French

Alternative forms

• deliter

Etymology

Latin dēlectāre

Verb

delitier

1. to delight
   • circa 1181, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Dist la pucele : "Dex te mete,
     Chevaliers, joie et cuer parfite
     De la rien qui plus te delite !"

     The lady said "God gives you
     Sire, perfect joy and contentment
     Of the thing than delights you the most!"

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		delitier			avoir delitié
gerund		en delitant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		delitant
past participle		delitié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	delit	delites	delite	delitons	delitiez	delitent
	imperfect	delitoie, deliteie, delitoe, delitieve	delitoies, deliteies, delitoes, delitieves	delitoit, deliteit, delitot, delitieve	delitiiens, delitiens	delitiiez, delitiez	delitoient, deliteient, delitoent, delitievent
	preterite	delitai	delitas	delita	delitames	delitastes	delitierent
	future	deliterai	deliteras	delitera	deliterons	deliteroiz, delitereiz, deliterez	deliteront
	conditional	deliteroie, delitereie	deliteroies, delitereies	deliteroit, delitereit	deliteriiens, deliteriens	deliteriiez, deliteriez	deliteroient, delitereient
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	delit	deliz	delit	delitons	delitiez	delitent
	imperfect	delitasse	delitasses	delitast	delitissons, delitissiens	delitissoiz, delitissez, delitissiez	delitassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	delite	—	delitons	delitiez	—