essoignier

Old French

Alternative forms

• essoinier

Verb

essoignier

1. to excuse; to forgive; to pardon
2. to excuse (give permission to leave)

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 *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		essoignier			avoir essoignié
gerund		en essoignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		essoignant
past participle		essoignié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	essoing	essoignes	essoigne	essoignons	essoigniez	essoignent
	imperfect	essoignoie, essoigneie, essoignoe, essoignieve	essoignoies, essoigneies, essoignoes, essoignieves	essoignoit, essoigneit, essoignot, essoignieve	essoigniiens, essoigniens	essoigniiez, essoigniez	essoignoient, essoigneient, essoignoent, essoignievent
	preterite	essoignai	essoignas	essoigna	essoignames	essoignastes	essoignierent
	future	essoignerai	essoigneras	essoignera	essoignerons	essoigneroiz, essoignereiz, essoignerez	essoigneront
	conditional	essoigneroie, essoignereie	essoigneroies, essoignereies	essoigneroit, essoignereit	essoigneriiens, essoigneriens	essoigneriiez, essoigneriez	essoigneroient, essoignereient
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	essoing	essoinz	essoint	essoignons	essoigniez	essoignent
	imperfect	essoignasse	essoignasses	essoignast	essoignissons, essoignissiens	essoignissoiz, essoignissez, essoignissiez	essoignassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	essoigne	—	essoignons	essoigniez	—

Descendants

• → English: essoin

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (essonnier)