acroistre

Old French

Alternative forms

• acreistre (Anglo-Norman)
• accreistre, accroistre

Etymology

From Latin accrescere.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /aˈkɾei̯stɾə/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkɾoi̯stɾə/
• (late) IPA^(key): /aˈkɾo̯ɛːtɾə/?

Verb

acroistre

1. to augment; to increase
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Por sa honte acroistre ou vangier[.]

     -To either increase or avenge his shame.

   • c. 1250, Rutebeuf, De l'Estat du Monde:

     Bien pueent lor richece acroistre.

     Well can they increase their richness

   • 1256 September 15, letter from Jean d'Ibelin[1]:

     Et as vilayns aussi de ma devant dite terre, vos ne devez ne nen poes accreistre sur eaus aucune novele droiture, ne prendre nule autre: que cele qui a este et est accostumee dou prendre sa en arrieres par les us et les costumes de la terre.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “Cist premiers livres parole de la naissance de toutes choses” (chapter 1), Livre I - Premiere partie, in Livres dou Tresor; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini‎^[2], Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 1:

     si come li sires qui vuet en petit leu amasser choses de grandisme vaillance […] por acroistre son pooir […] i met il les plus chieres choses et les plus precieux joiaus que il puet, selonc sa bone entencion, tout autressi est li cors de cest livre compilez de sapience

     Just like the lord, who wishes to accumulate very valuable things in a tiny place […] in order to increase his power, […] puts there—according to his good intention—the dearest things and the most precious jewels he can, so the body of this book is filled with knowledge

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		acroistre			avoir acreü
gerund		en acroissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		acroissant
past participle		acreü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	acrois	acrois	acroist	acroissons	acroissiez	acroissent
	imperfect	acroissoie, acroisseie	acroissoies, acroisseies	acroissoit, acroisseit	acroissiiens, acroissiens	acroissiiez, acroissiez	acroissoient, acroisseient
	preterite	acrui	acreüs	acrut	acreümes	acreüstes	acrurent
	future	acroistrai	acroistras	acroistra	acroistrons	acroistroiz, acroistreiz, acroistrez	acroistront
	conditional	acroistroie, acroistreie	acroistroies, acroistreies	acroistroit, acroistreit	acroistriiens, acroistriens	acroistriiez, acroistriez	acroistroient, acroistreient
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	acroisse	acroisses	acroisse	acroissiens, acroissons	acroissiez	acroissent
	imperfect	acreüsse	acreüsses	acreüst	acreüssons, acreüssiens	acreüssoiz, acreüssez, acreüssiez	acreüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	acrois	—	acroissons	acroissiez	—

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: acreistre
  • → Middle English: acresen, accreesen
    • English: accrease (obsolete)
  • →⇒ Middle English: acrewen, acruwen
    • English: accrue
  • Norman: accreître
• Middle French: accroistre
  • French: accroître

References

• M. Sainte-Palaye et al. (1875) Dictionnaire historique de l'ancien langage françois, ou Glossaire de la langue franxoise depuis son origine jusqu'au siecle de Louis XIV‎^[3] (in French), volume 1, page 52