ardoir

Middle French

Verb

ardoir

1. (transitive) Alternative form of ardre (“burn (set on fire)”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• ardeir (archaic or northern)
• ardre (< VL. *ārdĕre)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ārdēre.

Verb

ardoir

1. (transitive) to burn (set on fire)
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     Le feu commande a alumer
     Et son nevo a amener.
     Ardoir le veut premierement.

     He commanded that the fire be lit
     and brought his nephew.
     He wanted to burn him first.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. 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 ardoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		ardoir			avoir ars
gerund		en ardant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		ardant
past participle		ars
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	art	arz	art	ardons	ardez	ardent
	imperfect	ardoie, ardeie	ardoies, ardeies	ardoit, ardeit	ardiiens, ardiens	ardiiez, ardiez	ardoient, ardeient
	preterite	ars	arsis	arst	arsimes	arsistes	arstrent
	future	ardrai	ardras	ardra	ardrons	ardroiz, ardreiz, ardrez	ardront
	conditional	ardroie, ardreie	ardroies, ardreies	ardroit, ardreit	ardriiens, ardriens	ardriiez, ardriez	ardroient, ardreient
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	arde, arge	ardes, arges	arde, arge	ardons, argiens, arjons	ardez, argiez	ardent, argent
	imperfect	arsisse	arsisses	arsist	arsissons, arsissiens	arsissoiz, arsissez, arsissiez	arsissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	art	—	ardons	ardez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: ardoir, ardre
  • French: ardre (archaic)