assegier

Old French

Alternative forms

• asseger

Etymology

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *assedicāre, ultimately from Latin sedes.

Verb

assegier

1. to besiege; to lay siege to

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. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. In addition, g becomes j before an a or an o to keep the /dʒ/ sound intact. This verb has a stressed present stem assieg distinct from the unstressed stem asseg. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		assegier			avoir assegié
gerund		en assejant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		assejant
past participle		assegié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	assiege	assieges	assiege	assejons	assegiez	assiegent
	imperfect	assejoie, assegeie, assejoe, assegieve	assejoies, assegeies, assejoes, assegieves	assejoit, assegeit, assejot, assegieve	assegiiens, assegiens	assegiiez, assegiez	assejoient, assegeient, assejoent, assegievent
	preterite	assejai	assejas	asseja	assejames	assejastes	assegierent
	future	assegerai	assegeras	assegera	assegerons	assegeroiz, assegereiz, assegerez	assegeront
	conditional	assegeroie, assegereie	assegeroies, assegereies	assegeroit, assegereit	assegeriiens, assegeriens	assegeriiez, assegeriez	assegeroient, assegereient
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	assiege	assieges	assiege	assejons	assegiez	assiegent
	imperfect	assejasse	assejasses	assejast	assegissons, assegissiens	assegissoiz, assegissez, assegissiez	assejassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	assiege	—	assejons	assegiez	—