manacier

Old French

Alternative forms

• menacier
• manecier

Etymology

See menacier.

Verb

manacier

1. to threaten
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Li Roiz mult le manace

     The King threatened him a lot

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 *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		manacier			avoir manacié
gerund		en manaçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		manaçant
past participle		manacié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	manaz	manaces	manace	manaçons	manaciez	manacent
	imperfect	manaçoie, manaceie, manaçoe, manacieve	manaçoies, manaceies, manaçoes, manacieves	manaçoit, manaceit, manaçot, manacieve	manaciiens, manaciens	manaciiez, manaciez	manaçoient, manaceient, manaçoent, manacievent
	preterite	manaçai	manaças	manaça	manaçames	manaçastes	manacierent
	future	manacerai	manaceras	manacera	manacerons	manaceroiz, manacereiz, manacerez	manaceront
	conditional	manaceroie, manacereie	manaceroies, manacereies	manaceroit, manacereit	manaceriiens, manaceriens	manaceriiez, manaceriez	manaceroient, manacereient
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	manaz	manaz	manazt	manaçons	manaciez	manacent
	imperfect	manaçasse	manaçasses	manaçast	manacissons, manacissiens	manacissoiz, manacissez, manacissiez	manaçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	manace	—	manaçons	manaciez	—

Descendants

• English: to menace
• French: menacer