hargnier

Old French

Alternative forms

• hergnier

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *harmēn (“to insult, injure”), from Proto-Germanic *harmāną (“to harm, shame, pain”).

Verb

hargnier

1. to complain; to bemoan; to lament
2. to argue; to quarrel

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-rgn, *-rgns, *-rgnt are modified to rng, rz, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		hargnier			avoir hargnié
gerund		en hargnant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		hargnant
past participle		hargnié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	harng	hargnes	hargne	hargnons	hargniez	hargnent
	imperfect	hargnoie, hargneie, hargnoe, hargnieve	hargnoies, hargneies, hargnoes, hargnieves	hargnoit, hargneit, hargnot, hargnieve	hargniiens, hargniens	hargniiez, hargniez	hargnoient, hargneient, hargnoent, hargnievent
	preterite	hargnai	hargnas	hargna	hargnames	hargnastes	hargnierent
	future	hargnerai	hargneras	hargnera	hargnerons	hargneroiz, hargnereiz, hargnerez	hargneront
	conditional	hargneroie, hargnereie	hargneroies, hargnereies	hargneroit, hargnereit	hargneriiens, hargneriens	hargneriiez, hargneriez	hargneroient, hargnereient
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	harng	harz	hart	hargnons	hargniez	hargnent
	imperfect	hargnasse	hargnasses	hargnast	hargnissons, hargnissiens	hargnissoiz, hargnissez, hargnissiez	hargnassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	hargne	—	hargnons	hargniez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: hergner, hargner

References

• Etymology and history of “hargne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (hargnier)