ensivre

Old French

Etymology

Latin insequor.

Verb

ensivre

1. (transitive) to follow

Conjugation

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		ensivre			avoir ensivi, enseü
gerund		en ensevant, ensivant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		ensevant, ensivant
past participle		ensivi, enseü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	ensiu	ensius	ensiut	ensevons, ensivons	ensevez, ensivez	ensivent, ensiuent
	imperfect	ensevoie, enseveie, ensivoie, ensiveie	ensevoies, enseveies, ensivoies, ensiveies	ensevoit, enseveit, ensivoit, ensiveit	enseviiens, enseviens, ensiviiens, ensiviens	enseviiez, enseviez, ensiviiez, ensiviez	ensevoient, enseveient, ensivoient, ensiveient
	preterite	ensivi, ensui	ensivis, enseüs	ensivié, ensut	ensivimes, enseümes	ensivistes, enseüstes	ensivierent, ensurent
	future	ensevrai, ensivrai, ensiurai	ensevras, ensivras, ensiuras	ensevra, ensivra, ensiura	ensevrons, ensivrons, ensiurons	ensevroiz, ensevreiz, ensevrez, ensivroiz, ensivreiz, ensivrez, ensiuroiz, ensiureiz, ensiurez	ensevront, ensivront, ensiuront
	conditional	ensevroie, ensevreie, ensivroie, ensivreie, ensiuroie, ensiureie	ensevroies, ensevreies, ensivroies, ensivreies, ensiuroies, ensiureies	ensevroit, ensevreit, ensivroit, ensivreit, ensiuroit, ensiureit	ensevriiens, ensevriens, ensivriiens, ensivriens, ensiuriiens, ensiuriens	ensevriiez, ensevriez, ensivriiez, ensivriez, ensiuriiez, ensiuriez	ensevroient, ensevreient, ensivroient, ensivreient, ensiuroient, ensiureient
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	ensive, ensiue	ensives, ensiues	ensive, ensiue	ensevons, ensivons	ensevez, ensivez	ensivent, ensiuent
	imperfect	ensivisse, enseüsse	ensivisses, enseüsses	ensivist, enseüst	ensivissons, ensivissiens, enseüssons, enseüssiens	ensivissoiz, ensivissez, ensivissiez, enseüssoiz, enseüssez, enseüssiez	ensivissent, enseüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	ensiu	—	ensevons, ensivons	ensevez, ensivez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: ensuyvre
  • French: ensuivre
• → English: ensue

References

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