mescroire

Old French

Alternative forms

• mescreire

Etymology

mes- +‎ croire.

Verb

mescroire

1. to disbelieve
   • 12^th 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.

2. to mistrust; to doubt

Conjugation

This 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
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

• French: mécroire
• English: miscreant (from present participle)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (mescroire)