envoisier

Old French

Alternative forms

enveiser (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *invitiāre.^[1]

Verb

envoisier

(reflexive, soi envoisier) to enjoy oneself; to have fun

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 *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		envoisier			avoir envoisié
gerund		en envoisant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		envoisant
past participle		envoisié
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	envois	envoises	envoise	envoisons	envoisiez	envoisent
	imperfect	envoisoie, envoiseie, envoisoe, envoisieve	envoisoies, envoiseies, envoisoes, envoisieves	envoisoit, envoiseit, envoisot, envoisieve	envoisiiens, envoisiens	envoisiiez, envoisiez	envoisoient, envoiseient, envoisoent, envoisievent
	preterite	envoisai	envoisas	envoisa	envoisames	envoisastes	envoisierent
	future	envoiserai	envoiseras	envoisera	envoiserons	envoiseroiz, envoisereiz, envoiserez	envoiseront
	conditional	envoiseroie, envoisereie	envoiseroies, envoisereies	envoiseroit, envoisereit	envoiseriiens, envoiseriens	envoiseriiez, envoiseriez	envoiseroient, envoisereient
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	envois	envois	envoist	envoisons	envoisiez	envoisent
simple tenses	imperfect	envoisasse	envoisasses	envoisast	envoisissons, envoisissiens	envoisissoiz, envoisissez, envoisissiez	envoisassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	envoise	—	envoisons	envoisiez	—

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (envoisier)
enveiser on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*invitiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 803

[1] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*invitiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 803

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