doloir
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editVerb
editdoloir
- to suffer
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Je sai bien que mout vos dolez.
- I know you're suffering a lot
- c. 1200, Robert Mauvoisin, Au tens d'esté que voi vergiers florir:
- La haute amor qui m'est el cuer entree
Souvent me fet le cuer et le cors doloir.- The great love that has entered into my heart
Often makes my heart and my body suffer.
- The great love that has entered into my heart
- to inflict pain or suffering
Conjugation
editThis verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem duel distinct from the unstressed stem dol, 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 doloir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | doloir | avoir dolu | |||||
gerund | en dolant, doillant, dueillant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | dolant, doillant, dueillant | ||||||
past participle | dolu | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | doil, dueil, duel | dueus | dueut | dolons | dolez | duelent |
imperfect | doloie, doleie | doloies, doleies | doloit, doleit | doliiens, doliens | doliiez, doliez | doloient, doleient | |
preterite | dolui | dolus | dolu | dolumes | dolustes | dolurent | |
future | doudrai | doudras | doudra | doudrons | doudroiz, doudreiz, doudrez | doudront | |
conditional | doudroie, doudreie | doudroies, doudreies | doudroit, doudreit | doudriiens, doudriens | doudriiez, doudriez | doudroient, doudreient | |
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 | dueille | dueilles | dueille | doilliens, doillons, dueillons | doilliez, dueilliez | dueillent |
imperfect | dolusse | dolusses | dolust | dolussons, dolussiens | dolussoiz, dolussez, dolussiez | dolussent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | - | tu | - | nos | vos | - | |
— | duel | — | dolons | dolez | — |
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 153