abaubir

Old French

Alternative forms

• abaubier

Verb

abaubir

1. to surprise; to shock
2. to scare; to frighten

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of abaubir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		abaubir			avoir abaubi
gerund		en abaubissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		abaubissant
past participle		abaubi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	abaubis	abaubis	abaubist	abaubissons	abaubissez	abaubissent
	imperfect	abaubissoie, abaubisseie	abaubissoies, abaubisseies	abaubissoit, abaubisseit	abaubissiiens, abaubissiens	abaubissiiez, abaubissiez	abaubissoient, abaubisseient
	preterite	abaubi	abaubis	abaubi	abaubimes	abaubistes	abaubirent
	future	abaubirai	abaubiras	abaubira	abaubirons	abaubiroiz, abaubireiz, abaubirez	abaubiront
	conditional	abaubiroie, abaubireie	abaubiroies, abaubireies	abaubiroit, abaubireit	abaubiriiens, abaubiriens	abaubiriiez, abaubiriez	abaubiroient, abaubireient
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	abaubisse	abaubisses	abaubisse	abaubissons	abaubissez	abaubissent
	imperfect	abaubisse	abaubisses	abaubist	abaubissons, abaubissiens	abaubissoiz, abaubissez, abaubissiez	abaubissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	abaubis	—	abaubissons	abaubissez	—

Descendants

• Middle English: abawed (borrowed, adjective)

References

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