doloir

Old French

Alternative forms

• doleir, douloir, duleir, doudre, doler, dolir

Etymology

From Latin dolēre.

Verb

doloir

1. to suffer
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Je sai bien que mout vos dolez.

     I know you're suffering a lot

   • c. 1200, Robert Mauvoisin, Au tens d'esté que voi vergiers florir:

     La haute amor qui m'est el cuer entree
     Souvent me fet le cuer et le cors doloir.

     The great love that has entered into my heart
     Often makes my heart and my body suffer.

2. to inflict pain or suffering

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem duel distinct from the unstressed stem dol, 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 doloir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		doloir			avoir dolu
gerund		en dolant, doillant, dueillant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		dolant, doillant, dueillant
past participle		dolu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	doil, dueil, duel	dueus	dueut	dolons	dolez	duelent
	imperfect	doloie, doleie	doloies, doleies	doloit, doleit	doliiens, doliens	doliiez, doliez	doloient, doleient
	preterite	dolui	dolus	dolu	dolumes	dolustes	dolurent
	future	doudrai	doudras	doudra	doudrons	doudroiz, doudreiz, doudrez	doudront
	conditional	doudroie, doudreie	doudroies, doudreies	doudroit, doudreit	doudriiens, doudriens	doudriiez, doudriez	doudroient, doudreient
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	dueille	dueilles	dueille	doilliens, doillons, dueillons	doilliez, dueilliez	dueillent
	imperfect	dolusse	dolusses	dolust	dolussons, dolussiens	dolussoiz, dolussez, dolussiez	dolussent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	duel	—	dolons	dolez	—

Related terms

• dolor

Descendants

• French: douloir
• Norman: doudre

References

• “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 153