enditier

Old French

Alternative forms

• enditer

Etymology

From Late Latin indictō, indictāre, from Latin indictus.

Verb

enditier

1. to dictate
2. to explain
3. to write down; to record in writing

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 *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		enditier			avoir enditié
gerund		en enditant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		enditant
past participle		enditié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	endit	endites	endite	enditons	enditiez	enditent
	imperfect	enditoie, enditeie, enditoe, enditieve	enditoies, enditeies, enditoes, enditieves	enditoit, enditeit, enditot, enditieve	enditiiens, enditiens	enditiiez, enditiez	enditoient, enditeient, enditoent, enditievent
	preterite	enditai	enditas	endita	enditames	enditastes	enditierent
	future	enditerai	enditeras	enditera	enditerons	enditeroiz, enditereiz, enditerez	enditeront
	conditional	enditeroie, enditereie	enditeroies, enditereies	enditeroit, enditereit	enditeriiens, enditeriens	enditeriiez, enditeriez	enditeroient, enditereient
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	endit	endiz	endit	enditons	enditiez	enditent
	imperfect	enditasse	enditasses	enditast	enditissons, enditissiens	enditissoiz, enditissez, enditissiez	enditassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	endite	—	enditons	enditiez	—

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: enditer
  • Norman: enditer
  • → English: indite
  • → English: indict (spelling altered based on Latin)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (enditer)