cuntenir

Old French

Verb

cuntenir

1. Alternative form of contenir
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Se cuntindrent come hardi

     [They] behaved as courageous men

Conjugation

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		cuntenir			avoir cuntenu
gerund		en cuntenant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		cuntenant
past participle		cuntenu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cuntieng, cuntien	cuntiens	cuntient	cuntenons	cuntenez	cuntienent
	imperfect	cuntenoie, cunteneie	cuntenoies, cunteneies	cuntenoit, cunteneit	cunteniiens, cunteniens	cunteniiez, cunteniez	cuntenoient, cunteneient
	preterite	cuntin	cuntenis	cuntint	cuntenimes	cuntenistes	cuntindrent, cuntinrent
	future	cuntendrai	cuntendras	cuntendra	cuntendrons	cuntendroiz, cuntendreiz, cuntendrez	cuntendront
	conditional	cuntendroie, cuntendreie	cuntendroies, cuntendreies	cuntendroit, cuntendreit	cuntendriiens, cuntendriens	cuntendriiez, cuntendriez	cuntendroient, cuntendreient
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	cuntiegne	cuntiegnes	cuntiegne	cuntiegniens, cuntiegnons	cuntiegniez	cuntiegnent
	imperfect	cuntenisse	cuntenisses	cuntenist	cuntenissons, cuntenissiens	cuntenissoiz, cuntenissez, cuntenissiez	cuntenissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	cuntien	—	cuntenons	cuntenez	—