preindre
French
Verb
preindre
- (obsolete or regional) alternative spelling of prendre
- 1857, Maine-et-Loire, Revue de l'Anjou:
- De telles figures à mémoire perpétuelle feist Frapin preindre son tinel et salle basse.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Middle French
Verb
preindre
- to take
Old French
Etymology 1
see priembre
Verb
preindre
- alternative form of priembre
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Etymology 2
see prendre
Verb
preindre
- alternative form of prendre
- 1872, François Marie Étienne Forel, Chartes communales du pays de Vaud dès l'an 1214 à l'an 1527:
- Si li Borgeis diont que li pains ne soit suffisants, li Seignour pout preindre les pains, et les donner ez pauvres.
- If the Burgesses say that there isn't enough bread, Sire can take these loaves and give them to the poor.
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. 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 preindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | preindre | avoir pris | |||||
| gerund | en preinant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | preinant | ||||||
| past participle | pris | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | preing, prein | preinz | preint | preinons | preinez | preinent |
| imperfect | preinoie, preineie | preinoies, preineies | preinoit, preineit | preiniiens, preiniens | preiniiez, preiniez | preinoient, preineient | |
| preterite | pris | preṣis | prist | preṣimes | preṣistes | prisdrent | |
| future | preindrai | preindras | preindra | preindrons | preindroiz, preindreiz, preindrez | preindront | |
| conditional | preindroie, preindreie | preindroies, preindreies | preindroit, preindreit | preindriiens, preindriens | preindriiez, preindriez | preindroient, preindreient | |
| 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 | preigne | preignes | preigne | preinons, preigniens, preignons | preinez, preigniez | preignent |
| imperfect | preṣisse | preṣisses | preṣist | preṣissons, preṣissiens | preṣissoiz, preṣissez, preṣissiez | preṣissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | prein | — | preinons | preinez | — | ||
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (preindre)