esmovoir

Old French

Alternative forms

• esmoveir
• esmouvoir (more common)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exmovēre, from Latin ēmovēre, present active infinitive of ēmoveō.

Verb

esmovoir

1. (transitive) to move (cause to move)
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):

     Item tu dois scavoir que les humeurs s’esmeuvent en diverses heures pour cause de la racine de hault et de bas.

     Also you must know that the humors moves at various times because of the root from the top [of the body] to the bottom

2. (transitive) to move (cause emotion)

Conjugation

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		esmovoir			avoir esmeü, es meu
gerund		en esmovant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		esmovant
past participle		esmeü, es meu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	esmuef	esmues	esmuet	esmovons	esmovez	esmuevent
	imperfect	esmovoie, esmoveie	esmovoies, esmoveies	esmovoit, esmoveit	esmoviiens, esmoviens	esmoviiez, esmoviez	esmovoient, esmoveient
	preterite	esmui	esmeüs	esmut	esmeümes	esmeüstes	esmurent
	future	esmovrai	esmovras	esmovra	esmovrons	esmovroiz, esmovreiz, esmovrez	esmovront
	conditional	esmovroie, esmovreie	esmovroies, esmovreies	esmovroit, esmovreit	esmovriiens, esmovriens	esmovriiez, esmovriez	esmovroient, esmovreient
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	esmueve	esmueves	esmueve	esmovons	esmovez	esmuevent
	imperfect	esmeüsse	esmeüsses	esmeüst	esmeüssons, esmeüssiens	esmeüssoiz, esmeüssez, esmeüssiez	esmeüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	esmuef	—	esmovons	esmovez	—

Related terms

• movoir

Descendants

• → Middle English:
  • English: emove
• Middle French: esmouvoir
  • French: émouvoir

References

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