alegier

Old French

Etymology

Latin allevio.

Verb

alegier

1. (transitive) to acquit (of a crime, etc.)
2. (transitive) to remove, to get rid of
3. (transitive) to lessen; to diminish

Conjugation

• This verb conjugates the same as a verb ending in -ier, where the i is dropped most of the time. In addition, g becomes j before an 'a' or an 'o' to keep the /dʒ/ sound in tact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		alegier			avoir alegié, alegiez
gerund		en alejant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		alejant
past participle		alegié, alegiez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	alege	aleges	alege	alegions	alegiez, alegiés	alegent
	imperfect	alejoe, alegeie, alejoie	alejoes, alegeies, alejoies	alejot, alegeit, alejoit	alegions, alegiions	alegiez, alegiiez	alejoent, alegient, alejoient
	past historic	aleja	alejas	aleja	alejames	alejastes	alegerent
	future	alegierai	alegieras	alegiera	alegierons	alegierez, alegiereiz	alegieront
	conditional	alegeroe, alegereie, alegeroie	alegeroes, alegereied, alegeroied	alegerot, alegereie, alegeroie	alegerions, alegeriions	alegeriez, alegeriiez	alegeroent, alegereient, alegeroient
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 past historic 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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	alege	aleges	alege	alejons	alegez	alegent
	imperfect	alejasse	alejasses	alejast	alegissons	alegissez, alegissiez	alejassent
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, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	alege	—	alegions	alegiez	—

Descendants

• English: alledge, alegge
• French: alléger

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881)