paistre

Old French

Alternative forms

• pestre (rare)

Etymology

From Latin pascere, present active infinitive of pascō.

Verb

paistre

1. (of an animal) to graze (ingest grass and other plants)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		paistre			avoir peü
gerund		en paissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		paissant
past participle		peü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	pais	pais	paist	paissons	paissiez	paissent
	imperfect	paissoie, paisseie	paissoies, paisseies	paissoit, paisseit	paissiiens, paissiens	paissiiez, paissiez	paissoient, paisseient
	preterite	poi	peüs	pot	peümes	peüstes	porent
	future	paistrai	paistras	paistra	paistrons	paistroiz, paistreiz, paistrez	paistront
	conditional	paistroie, paistreie	paistroies, paistreies	paistroit, paistreit	paistriiens, paistriens	paistriiez, paistriez	paistroient, paistreient
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	paisse	paisses	paisse	paissiens, paissons	paissiez	paissent
	imperfect	peüsse	peüsses	peüst	peüssons, peüssiens	peüssoiz, peüssez, peüssiez	peüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	pais	—	paissons	paissiez	—

Descendants

• French: paître
• Norman: paître