alier

See also: Alier

Old French

Alternative forms

• aleiier
• aloiier

Etymology

From Latin alligō, alligāre, from ad (“to”) + ligō (“to bind”).

Verb

alier

1. to unite; to join together

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 alier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		alier			avoir alïé
gerund		en aliant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		aliant
past participle		alïé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	ali	alïes	alïe	alions	alïez	alïent
	imperfect	alioie, alïeie, alioe, alïeve	alioies, alïeies, alioes, alïeves	alioit, alïeit, aliot, alïeve	aliiiens, aliiens	aliiiez, aliiez	alioient, alïeient, alioent, alïevent
	preterite	aliai	alias	alia	aliames	aliastes	alïerent
	future	alïerai	alïeras	alïera	alïerons	alïeroiz, alïereiz, alïerez	alïeront
	conditional	alïeroie, alïereie	alïeroies, alïereies	alïeroit, alïereit	alïeriiens, alïeriens	alïeriiez, alïeriez	alïeroient, alïereient
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	ali	alis	alit	alions	alïez	alïent
	imperfect	aliasse	aliasses	aliast	aliissons, aliissiens	aliissoiz, aliissez, aliissiez	aliassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	alïe	—	alions	alïez	—

Descendants

• French: allier, aloyer
• → English: alloy
• → Middle English: allien, alien, allyen, allye, alie, a-lye
  • English: ally
  • Scots: ally

References

• https://archive.org/details/PetitDictionnaireDeLancienFranais/page/n25/mode/2up