mescroire
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editVerb
editmescroire
- to disbelieve
- 12th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:
- Ne jamais jor ne mescroira
- Never would he disbelieve
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence li miracles que Nostre Dame fist dou soucretain et d'une dame:
- Ne ne me deveiz pas mescroire.
- You must not disbelieve me.
- to mistrust; to doubt
Conjugation
editThis verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem mescroi distinct from the unstressed stem mescre, 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 mescroire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | mescroire | avoir mescreü | |||||
gerund | en mescreant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | mescreant | ||||||
past participle | mescreü | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | mescroi | mescroiz | mescroit | mescreons | mescreez | mescroient |
imperfect | mescreoie, mescreeie | mescreoies, mescreeies | mescreoit, mescreeit | mescreïiens, mescreïens | mescreïiez, mescreïez | mescreoient, mescreeient | |
preterite | mescrui, mescreï | mescreüs, mescreïs | mescrut, mescreï | mescreümes, mescreïmes | mescreüstes, mescreïstes | mescrurent, mescreïrent | |
future | mescrerai | mescreras | mescrera | mescrerons | mescreroiz, mescrereiz, mescrerez | mescreront | |
conditional | mescreroie, mescrereie | mescreroies, mescrereies | mescreroit, mescrereit | mescreriiens, mescreriens | mescreriiez, mescreriez | mescreroient, mescrereient | |
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 | mescroie | mescroies | mescroie | mescreons | mescreez | mescroient |
imperfect | mescreüsse, mescreïsse | mescreüsses, mescreïsses | mescreüst, mescreïst | mescreüssons, mescreüssiens, mescreïssons, mescreïssiens | mescreüssoiz, mescreüssez, mescreüssiez, mescreïssoiz, mescreïssez, mescreïssiez | mescreüssent, mescreïssent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | mescroi | — | mescreons | mescreez | — |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (mescroire)
Categories:
- Old French terms prefixed with mes-
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French terms with quotations
- Old French verbs with stem alternations
- Old French verbs with strong-u preterite
- Old French verbs with weak-i preterite
- Old French third group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -re
- Old French irregular verbs