destraindre

Old French

Etymology

From Latin dēstringere, present active infinitive of dēstringō.

Verb

destraindre

1. to press on; to apply force to
2. to restrain; to hold back
3. to imprison

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 destraindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		destraindre			avoir destraint
gerund		en destraignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		destraignant
past participle		destraint
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	destraing	destrainz	destraint	destraignons	destraigniez	destraignent
	imperfect	destraignoie, destraigneie	destraignoies, destraigneies	destraignoit, destraigneit	destraigniiens, destraigniens	destraigniiez, destraigniez	destraignoient, destraigneient
	preterite	destrains	destrainsis	destrainst	destrainsimes	destrainsistes	destrainstrent
	future	destraindrai	destraindras	destraindra	destraindrons	destraindroiz, destraindreiz, destraindrez	destraindront
	conditional	destraindroie, destraindreie	destraindroies, destraindreies	destraindroit, destraindreit	destraindriiens, destraindriens	destraindriiez, destraindriez	destraindroient, destraindreient
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	destraigne, destrange	destraignes, destranges	destraigne, destrange	destraigniens, destraignons, destrangiens, destranjons	destraigniez, destrangiez	destraignent, destrangent
	imperfect	destrainsisse	destrainsisses	destrainsist	destrainsissons, destrainsissiens	destrainsissoiz, destrainsissez, destrainsissiez	destrainsissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	destraing	—	destraignons	destraigniez	—

Related terms

• estreindre

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (destraindre)
• destreindre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub