marrir

Old French

Alternative forms

• marir

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *marʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to neglect, ignore, hinder, disturb, impede”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to annoy, forget, ignore, neglect”).

Verb

marrir

1. to frustrate; to annoy; to vex
2. to sadden
   • 12^th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

     — « Diex ! » dist la dame, « cum est mes cuers maris ! »

     "God!", said the lady "how my heart is saddened!"

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		marrir			avoir marri
gerund		en marrissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		marrissant
past participle		marri
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	marris	marris	marrist	marrissons	marrissez	marrissent
	imperfect	marrissoie, marrisseie	marrissoies, marrisseies	marrissoit, marrisseit	marrissiiens, marrissiens	marrissiiez, marrissiez	marrissoient, marrisseient
	preterite	marri	marris	marri	marrimes	marristes	marrirent
	future	marrirai	marriras	marrira	marrirons	marriroiz, marrireiz, marrirez	marriront
	conditional	marriroie, marrireie	marriroies, marrireies	marriroit, marrireit	marririiens, marririens	marririiez, marririez	marriroient, marrireient
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	marrisse	marrisses	marrisse	marrissons	marrissez	marrissent
	imperfect	marrisse	marrisses	marrist	marrissons, marrissiens	marrissoiz, marrissez, marrissiez	marrissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	marris	—	marrissons	marrissez	—

Derived terms

• mariment (noun)

Descendants

• Middle French: marir
• ⇒ Old French: marri, mari
  • Middle French: marri
    • French: marri (obsolete, archaic)
• ⇒ Old French: marault (“beggar, vagabond”)
  • Middle French: marault, maraud, maraut
    • French: maraud
      • → English: maraud
      • → German: marode
      • → Portuguese: maroto
  • Picard: maraûd, maraûde, marôde (Athois)
  • ⇒ Old French: *maraulder
    • Middle French: marauder
      • French: marauder
        • → English: maraud
          • ⇒ English: marauder
        • → German: marodieren
        • → Spanish: merode
          • ⇒ Spanish: merodeador
      • ⇒ French: maraudeur
        • → German: Marodeur
        • → Swedish: marodör
    • Picard: maraudeu (Athois)