maindre

Old French

Verb

maindre

1. alternative infinitive of manoir.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem main distinct from the unstressed stem man, 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 maindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		maindre			avoir manu, masu, mes
gerund		en manant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		manant
past participle		manu, masu, mes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	maing, main	mains	maint	manons	manez	mainent
	imperfect	manoie, maneie	manoies, maneies	manoit, maneit	maniiens, maniens	maniiez, maniez	manoient, maneient
	preterite	mes, mains	maṣis, meṣis, mainsis	mest, mainst	maṣimes, meṣimes, mainsimes	maṣistes, meṣistes, mainsistes	mesdrent, mainstrent
	future	mandrai, maindrai	mandras, maindras	mandra, maindra	mandrons, maindrons	mandroiz, mandreiz, mandrez, maindroiz, maindreiz, maindrez	mandront, maindront
	conditional	mandroie, mandreie, maindroie, maindreie	mandroies, mandreies, maindroies, maindreies	mandroit, mandreit, maindroit, maindreit	mandriiens, mandriens, maindriiens, maindriens	mandriiez, mandriez, maindriiez, maindriez	mandroient, mandreient, maindroient, maindreient
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	maigne	maignes	maigne	maigniens, maignons	maigniez	maignent
	imperfect	maṣisse, mainsisse	maṣisses, mainsisses	maṣist, mainsist	maṣissons, maṣissiens, mainsissons, mainsissiens	maṣissoiz, maṣissez, maṣissiez, mainsissoiz, mainsissez, mainsissiez	maṣissent, mainsissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	main	—	manons	manez	—

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (maindre)