enoiier

Old French

Alternative forms

• adnuier, annoier, annuer, annuier, anoier, anoiier, anoyer, anuer, anuier, anuiier
• ennoier, ennoiier, ennoir, ennouer, ennoyer, ennuer, ennuier, ennuyer, enoier, enuier, enuiier, enuyer
• anoget (3SG in the Reichenau Glossary)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin inodiāre.

Verb

enoiier

1. to be bothersome, upsetting, tiring, etc.
2. to be bothered, upset, tired, etc.
   • c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:

     Alixandre molt en enuie
     qant son conpaignon voit ocis

     Alexander was quite upset
     when he saw his slain comrade

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has a stressed present stem enui distinct from the unstressed stem enoi. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		enoiier			avoir enoiié
gerund		en enoiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		enoiant
past participle		enoiié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	enui	enuies	enuie	enoions	enoiiez	enuient
	imperfect	enoioie, enoieie, enoioe, enoiieve	enoioies, enoieies, enoioes, enoiieves	enoioit, enoieit, enoiot, enoiieve	enoiiiens, enoiiens	enoiiiez, enoiiez	enoioient, enoieient, enoioent, enoiievent
	preterite	enoiai	enoias	enoia	enoiames	enoiastes	enoiierent
	future	enoierai	enoieras	enoiera	enoierons	enoieroiz, enoiereiz, enoierez	enoieront
	conditional	enoieroie, enoiereie	enoieroies, enoiereies	enoieroit, enoiereit	enoieriiens, enoieriens	enoieriiez, enoieriez	enoieroient, enoiereient
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	enui	enuis	enuit	enoions	enoiiez	enuient
	imperfect	enoiasse	enoiasses	enoiast	enoiissons, enoiissiens	enoiissoiz, enoiissez, enoiissiez	enoiassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	enuie	—	enoions	enoiiez	—

Descendants

• French: ennuyer
• → Middle English: anoyen, annoyen, annye, anoye, a-noy, anuye, a-nuyȝen, any, enoye, enuye
  • English: annoy
• → Italian: annoiare
• →? Piedmontese: nojé

References

• “enoiier”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.