eslire

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French eslire.

Verb

eslire

1. to select; to choose
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 59:

     Beaux seigneurs vous scavez bien que la coustume de ceans est telle que nous devons eslire cellui a nostre escient qui le mieulx a fait au tournoiement.

     Good sirs, you know very well that our custom is that we have to choose who, to the best of our knowledge, has performed the best in the tournament.

Descendants

• French: élire

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exligere, from Latin ēligere.

Verb

eslire

1. to select; to choose

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 eslire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		eslire			avoir esleü, eslit
gerund		en eslisant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		eslisant
past participle		esleü, eslit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	esli	eslis	eslist	eslisons	eslisiez	eslisent
	imperfect	eslisoie, esliseie	eslisoies, esliseies	eslisoit, esliseit	eslisiiens, eslisiens	eslisiiez, eslisiez	eslisoient, esliseient
	preterite	eslui, eslis	esleüs, eslesis	eslut, eslist	esleümes, eslesimes	esleüstes, eslesistes	eslurent, eslistrent
	future	eslirai	esliras	eslira	eslirons	esliroiz, eslireiz, eslirez	esliront
	conditional	esliroie, eslireie	esliroies, eslireies	esliroit, eslireit	esliriiens, esliriens	esliriiez, esliriez	esliroient, eslireient
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	eslise	eslises	eslise	eslisiens, eslisons	eslisiez	eslisent
	imperfect	esleüsse, eslesisse	esleüsses, eslesisses	esleüst, eslesist	esleüssons, esleüssiens, eslesissons, eslesissiens	esleüssoiz, esleüssez, esleüssiez, eslesissoiz, eslesissez, eslesissiez	esleüssent, eslesissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	eslis	—	eslisons	eslisiez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: eslire
  • French: élire