enoindre
Old French
Etymology
From Latin inungō, from in- + ungō (“to smear, anoint”), equivalent to en- + oindre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈnui̯ndɾə/
Verb
enoindre
- to anoint
- 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
- Puis comanda avant venir
Les evesques et les prieus
Et les abez religieus,
Por enoindre le novel roi
Selonc la crestiiene loi.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of enoindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | enoindre | avoir enoint | |||||
| gerund | en enoignant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | enoignant | ||||||
| past participle | enoint | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | enoing | enoinz | enoint | enoignons | enoigniez | enoignent |
| imperfect | enoignoie, enoigneie | enoignoies, enoigneies | enoignoit, enoigneit | enoigniiens, enoigniens | enoigniiez, enoigniez | enoignoient, enoigneient | |
| preterite | enoins | enoinsis | enoinst | enoinsimes | enoinsistes | enoinstrent | |
| future | enoindrai | enoindras | enoindra | enoindrons | enoindroiz, enoindreiz, enoindrez | enoindront | |
| conditional | enoindroie, enoindreie | enoindroies, enoindreies | enoindroit, enoindreit | enoindriiens, enoindriens | enoindriiez, enoindriez | enoindroient, enoindreient | |
| 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 | enoigne | enoignes | enoigne | enoigniens, enoignons | enoigniez | enoignent |
| imperfect | enoinsisse | enoinsisses | enoinsist | enoinsissons, enoinsissiens | enoinsissoiz, enoinsissez, enoinsissiez | enoinsissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | enoing | — | enoignons | enoigniez | — | ||
Descendants
- → Middle English: enointen, anointen, inointen, anynten (< enoint (past participle))
- English: anoint
- Scots: anynt
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (enoindre)