esmoveir
Old French
Verb
esmoveir
- (Anglo-Norman, early) Alternative form of esmovoir
- circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
- Tex pot guerre esmoveir, e guerre commenchier
- Such a one could hardly put it into motion, and hardly begin it
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem esmuev distinct from the unstressed stem esmov, 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 esmoveir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | esmoveir | aveir esmeü, es meu | |||||
| gerund | en esmovant | gerund of aveir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | esmovant | ||||||
| past participle | esmeü, es meu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | esmuef | esmues | esmuet | esmovons | esmovez | esmuevent |
| imperfect | esmoveie | esmoveies | esmoveit | esmoviiens, esmoviens | esmoviiez, esmoviez | esmoveient | |
| preterite | esmui | esmeüs | esmut | esmeümes | esmeüstes | esmurent | |
| future | esmovrai | esmovras | esmovra | esmovrons | esmovreiz, esmovrez | esmovront | |
| conditional | esmovreie | esmovreies | esmovreit | esmovriiens, esmovriens | esmovriiez, esmovriez | esmovreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of aveir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of aveir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of aveir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of aveir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of aveir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | esmueve | esmueves | esmueve | esmovons | esmovez | esmuevent |
| imperfect | esmeüsse | esmeüsses | esmeüst | esmeüssons, esmeüssiens | esmeüsseiz, esmeüssez, esmeüssiez | esmeüssent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of aveir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of aveir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | esmuef | — | esmovons | esmovez | — | ||
References
- esmoveir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub