prester
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Old French prestre. See priest.
Noun[edit]
prester (plural presters)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek πρηστήρ (prēstḗr, “hurricane or waterspout attended with lightning; (in plural) veins of the neck when swollen by anger”).
Noun[edit]
prester (plural presters)
- A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.
- One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for prester in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Verb[edit]
prester
- (Belgium, transitive) to work (a certain amount of time), to provide a service
- J'ai presté cinq heures.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “prester” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French prester.
Verb[edit]
prester
Conjugation[edit]
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | simple | prester | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | prestant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | presté | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | preste | prestes | preste | prestons | prestez | prestent |
imperfect | prestois, prestoys | prestois, prestoys | prestoit, prestoyt | prestions, prestyons | prestiez, prestyez | prestoient, prestoyent | |
past historic | presta | prestas | presta | prestasmes | prestastes | presterent | |
future | presterai, presteray | presteras | prestera | presterons | presterez | presteront | |
conditional | presterois, presteroys | presterois, presteroys | presteroit, presteroyt | presterions, presteryons | presteriez, presteryez | presteroient, presteroyent | |
(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 | preste | prestes | preste | prestons | prestez | prestent |
imperfect | prestasse | prestasses | prestast | prestassions | prestassiez | prestassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | preste | — | prestons | prestez | — | |
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). |
Descendants[edit]
- French: prêter
Middle Norwegian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse prestr m, From Old English prēost. Cognate with Old Swedish præster and Icelandic prestur.
Noun[edit]
prester m
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Alieva, Dinara. (2013) Adnominale genitivskonstruksjoner i mellomnorsk.
- Dokumentasjonsprosjektet, Dataene er fra Diplomatarium Norvegicum bind I-XXI.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
prester m
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin praestāre, present active infinitive of praestō.
Verb[edit]
prester
- to borrow
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Tant que je puisse armes trover
Ou a loiier ou a prester.- As long as I can find arms
- Either to hire, or to borrow.
- Tant que je puisse armes trover
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Conjugation[edit]
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | prester | avoir presté | |||||
gerund | en prestant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | prestant | ||||||
past participle | presté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | prest | prestes | preste | prestons | prestez | prestent |
imperfect | prestoie, presteie, prestoe, presteve | prestoies, presteies, prestoes, presteves | prestoit, presteit, prestot, presteve | prestiiens, prestiens | prestiiez, prestiez | prestoient, presteient, prestoent, prestevent | |
preterite | prestai | prestas | presta | prestames | prestastes | presterent | |
future | presterai | presteras | prestera | presterons | presteroiz, prestereiz, presterez | presteront | |
conditional | presteroie, prestereie | presteroies, prestereies | presteroit, prestereit | presteriiens, presteriens | presteriiez, presteriez | presteroient, prestereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | prest | prez | prest | prestons | prestez | prestent |
imperfect | prestasse | prestasses | prestast | prestissons, prestissiens | prestissoiz, prestissez, prestissiez | prestassent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | preste | — | prestons | prestez | — |
Descendants[edit]
- English terms borrowed from Old French
- English terms derived from Old French
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English terms derived from New Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French lemmas
- French verbs
- Belgian French
- French transitive verbs
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French verbs
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- Middle Norwegian terms inherited from Old Norse
- Middle Norwegian terms derived from Old Norse
- Old Norse terms derived from Old English
- Middle Norwegian lemmas
- Middle Norwegian nouns
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- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
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- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French verbs with weak-a preterite
- Old French first group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -er