proiier

Old French

Alternative forms

• praier (Anglo-Norman)
• preier (France, Anglo-Norman)
• prier
• proier

Etymology

From Late Latin precāre, from Latin precārī, present active infinitive of precor.

Verb

proiier

1. to pray
2. to pray; to beg; to implore
   • 12^th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

     Mais je vos proi, por Dieu et por son non[.]

     But I pray to you, by God and by his name[.]

3. to beg (as in, for food, for money)

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 pri distinct from the unstressed stem proi, 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 proiier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		proiier			avoir proiié
gerund		en proiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		proiant
past participle		proiié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	pri, proi	prïes, proies	prïe, proie	proions	proiiez, proiez	prïent, proient
	imperfect	proioie, proieie, proioe, proiieve, proieve	proioies, proieies, proioes, proiieves, proieves	proioit, proieit, proiot, proiieve, proieve	proiiiens, proiiens	proiiiez, proiiez	proioient, proieient, proioent, proiievent, proievent
	preterite	proiai	proias	proia	proiames	proiastes	proiierent
	future	proierai	proieras	proiera	proierons	proieroiz, proiereiz, proierez	proieront
	conditional	proieroie, proiereie	proieroies, proiereies	proieroit, proiereit	proieriiens, proieriens	proieriiez, proieriez	proieroient, proiereient
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	pri, proi	pris, prois	prit, proit	proions	proiiez, proiez	prïent, proient
	imperfect	proiasse	proiasses	proiast	proiissons, proiissiens	proiissoiz, proiissez, proiissiez	proiassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	prïe, proie	—	proions	proiiez, proiez	—

Descendants

• French: prier
• → Middle English: preien
  • English: pray
  • Yola: pry, praie