delivrer

See also: délivrer

Middle French

Verb

delivrer

1. to set free; to liberate
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 36:

     car moult sont fort ioyeux de ce que Dieu les a ainsi delivrez par Lancelot

     for they were very much joyous that God had allowed them to be saved by Lancelot

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of delivrer

infinitive	simple	delivrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	delivrant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		delivré
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	delivre	delivres	delivre	delivrons	delivrez	delivrent
	imperfect	delivrois, delivroys	delivrois, delivroys	delivroit, delivroyt	delivrions, delivryons	delivriez, delivryez	delivroient, delivroyent
	past historic	delivra	delivras	delivra	delivrasmes	delivrastes	delivrerent
	future	delivrerai, delivreray	delivreras	delivrera	delivrerons	delivrerez	delivreront
	conditional	delivrerois, delivreroys	delivrerois, delivreroys	delivreroit, delivreroyt	delivrerions, delivreryons	delivreriez, delivreryez	delivreroient, delivreroyent
(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	delivre	delivres	delivre	delivrons	delivrez	delivrent
	imperfect	delivrasse	delivrasses	delivrast	delivrassions	delivrassiez	delivrassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	delivre	—	delivrons	delivrez	—
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).

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Old French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin līberō + prefix de-

Verb

delivrer

1. to set free; to liberate
2. to give birth; to deliver
3. to give (to); to deliver

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		delivrer			avoir delivré
gerund		en delivrant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		delivrant
past participle		delivré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	delivre	delivres	delivre	delivrons	delivrez	delivrent
	imperfect	delivroie, delivreie, delivroe, delivreve	delivroies, delivreies, delivroes, delivreves	delivroit, delivreit, delivrot, delivreve	delivriiens, delivriens	delivriiez, delivriez	delivroient, delivreient, delivroent, delivrevent
	preterite	delivrai	delivras	delivra	delivrames	delivrastes	delivrerent
	future	delivrerai	delivreras	delivrera	delivrerons	delivreroiz, delivrereiz, delivrerez	delivreront
	conditional	delivreroie, delivrereie	delivreroies, delivrereies	delivreroit, delivrereit	delivreriiens, delivreriens	delivreriiez, delivreriez	delivreroient, delivrereient
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	delivre	delivres	delivre	delivrons	delivrez	delivrent
	imperfect	delivrasse	delivrasses	delivrast	delivrissons, delivrissiens	delivrissoiz, delivrissez, delivrissiez	delivrassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	delivre	—	delivrons	delivrez	—

Descendants

• → English: deliver