Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Latin tremere, present active infinitive of tremō, altered into a Gallo-Romance form *cremere, with the initial c- under the influence of the Celtic root *krit- (Breton kridien).[1]

Verb edit

criembre

  1. (transitive) to fear (have fear of)

Conjugation edit

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem criem distinct from the unstressed stem crem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants edit

  • French: craindre

References edit

  1. ^ Etymology and history of “criembre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  • “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 152