hostoier

Middle French

Etymology

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Verb

hostoier

1. to engage in battle or warfare

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of hostoier

infinitive	simple	hostoier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	hostoiant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		hostoié
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	hostoie	hostoies	hostoie	hostoions	hostoiez	hostoient
	imperfect	hostoiois, hostoioys	hostoiois, hostoioys	hostoioit, hostoioyt	hostoiions, hostoiyons	hostoiiez, hostoiyez	hostoioient, hostoioyent
	past historic	hostoia	hostoias	hostoia	hostoiasmes	hostoiastes	hostoierent
	future	hostoierai, hostoieray	hostoieras	hostoiera	hostoierons	hostoierez	hostoieront
	conditional	hostoierois, hostoieroys	hostoierois, hostoieroys	hostoieroit, hostoieroyt	hostoierions, hostoieryons	hostoieriez, hostoieryez	hostoieroient, hostoieroyent
(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	hostoie	hostoies	hostoie	hostoions	hostoiez	hostoient
	imperfect	hostoiasse	hostoiasses	hostoiast	hostoiassions	hostoiassiez	hostoiassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	hostoie	—	hostoions	hostoiez	—
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).