lyer

Khasi

Noun

lyer f

1. air, wind

Middle English

Noun

lyer

1. Alternative form of lyoure

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French lier.

Verb

lyer

1. (transitive) to tie up (a person)
   • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:

     mais, par autant qu'il avoit les bras lyez dedans, il ne povoit rien prendre à manger

     but at the same time, he had his hands tied up; he couldn't pick up anything to eat it

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of lyer

infinitive	simple	lyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	lyant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		lyé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	lye	lyes	lye	lyons	lyez	lyent
	imperfect	lyois, lyoys	lyois, lyoys	lyoit, lyoyt	lyions, lyyons	lyiez, lyyez	lyoient, lyoyent
	past historic	lya	lyas	lya	lyasmes	lyastes	lyerent
	future	lyerai, lyeray	lyeras	lyera	lyerons	lyerez	lyeront
	conditional	lyerois, lyeroys	lyerois, lyeroys	lyeroit, lyeroyt	lyerions, lyeryons	lyeriez, lyeryez	lyeroient, lyeroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	lye	lyes	lye	lyons	lyez	lyent
	imperfect	lyasse	lyasses	lyast	lyassions	lyassiez	lyassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	lye	—	lyons	lyez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: lier

Norman

Alternative forms

• liéthe (Jersey)
• llierre (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French lire (compare French lire), from Latin legō, legere (“read, recite”).

Verb

lyer

1. (Sark) to read