esmoveir

Old French

Verb

esmoveir

1. (Anglo-Norman, early) Alternative form of esmovoir
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Tex pot guerre esmoveir, e guerre commenchier

     Such a one could hardly put it into motion, and hardly begin it

Conjugation

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

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		esmoveir			aveir esmeü, es meu
gerund		en esmovant			gerund of aveir + past participle
present participle		esmovant
past participle		esmeü, es meu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	esmuef	esmues	esmuet	esmovons	esmovez	esmuevent
	imperfect	esmoveie	esmoveies	esmoveit	esmoviiens, esmoviens	esmoviiez, esmoviez	esmoveient
	preterite	esmui	esmeüs	esmut	esmeümes	esmeüstes	esmurent
	future	esmovrai	esmovras	esmovra	esmovrons	esmovreiz, esmovrez	esmovront
	conditional	esmovreie	esmovreies	esmovreit	esmovriiens, esmovriens	esmovriiez, esmovriez	esmovreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of aveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of aveir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of aveir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of aveir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of aveir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	esmueve	esmueves	esmueve	esmovons	esmovez	esmuevent
	imperfect	esmeüsse	esmeüsses	esmeüst	esmeüssons, esmeüssiens	esmeüsseiz, esmeüssez, esmeüssiez	esmeüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of aveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of aveir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	esmuef	—	esmovons	esmovez	—

References

• esmoveir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub