signefier
Old French
Verb
signefier
- alternative form of senefier
- c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 104, line 1027:
- car sun chant signefie mort
- for his song signifies death
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of signefier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | signefier | avoir signefïé | |||||
| gerund | en signefiant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | signefiant | ||||||
| past participle | signefïé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | signefi | signefïes | signefïe | signefions | signefïez | signefïent |
| imperfect | signefioie, signefïeie, signefioe, signefïeve | signefioies, signefïeies, signefioes, signefïeves | signefioit, signefïeit, signefiot, signefïeve | signefiiiens, signefiiens | signefiiiez, signefiiez | signefioient, signefïeient, signefioent, signefïevent | |
| preterite | signefiai | signefias | signefia | signefiames | signefiastes | signefïerent | |
| future | signefïerai | signefïeras | signefïera | signefïerons | signefïeroiz, signefïereiz, signefïerez | signefïeront | |
| conditional | signefïeroie, signefïereie | signefïeroies, signefïereies | signefïeroit, signefïereit | signefïeriiens, signefïeriens | signefïeriiez, signefïeriez | signefïeroient, signefïereient | |
| 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 | signefi | signefis | signefit | signefions | signefïez | signefïent |
| imperfect | signefiasse | signefiasses | signefiast | signefiissons, signefiissiens | signefiissoiz, signefiissez, signefiissiez | signefiassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | signefïe | — | signefions | signefïez | — | ||