noiier

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin negāre, present active infinitive of negō.

Verb

noiier

1. to deny

Descendants

• French: nier

Etymology 2

From Latin necāre, present active infinitive of necō (“to kill”).

Alternative forms

• neier (Anglo-Norman)
• noier

Verb

noiier

1. (transitive, intransitive) to drown

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has a stressed present stem ni distinct from the unstressed stem noi, 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 noiier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		noiier			avoir noiié
gerund		en noiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		noiant
past participle		noiié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	ni, noi	nïes, noies	nïe, noie	noions	noiiez, noiez	nïent, noient
	imperfect	noioie, noieie, noioe, noiieve, noieve	noioies, noieies, noioes, noiieves, noieves	noioit, noieit, noiot, noiieve, noieve	noiiiens, noiiens	noiiiez, noiiez	noioient, noieient, noioent, noiievent, noievent
	preterite	noiai	noias	noia	noiames	noiastes	noiierent
	future	noierai	noieras	noiera	noierons	noieroiz, noiereiz, noierez	noieront
	conditional	noieroie, noiereie	noieroies, noiereies	noieroit, noiereit	noieriiens, noieriens	noieriiez, noieriez	noieroient, noiereient
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	ni, noi	nis, nois	nit, noit	noions	noiiez, noiez	nïent, noient
	imperfect	noiasse	noiasses	noiast	noiissons, noiissiens	noiissoiz, noiissez, noiissiez	noiassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	nïe, noie	—	noions	noiiez, noiez	—

Descendants

• French: noyer
• Norman: n'yer

Further reading

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