estreindre

Old French

Alternative forms

• estraindre

Etymology

From Latin stringō.

Verb

estreindre

1. to strain (stretch tightly)

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 estreindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		estreindre			avoir estreint
gerund		en estreignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		estreignant
past participle		estreint
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	estreing	estreinz	estreint	estreignons	estreigniez	estreignent
	imperfect	estreignoie, estreigneie	estreignoies, estreigneies	estreignoit, estreigneit	estreigniiens, estreigniens	estreigniiez, estreigniez	estreignoient, estreigneient
	preterite	estreins	estreinsis	estreinst	estreinsimes	estreinsistes	estreinstrent
	future	estreindrai	estreindras	estreindra	estreindrons	estreindroiz, estreindreiz, estreindrez	estreindront
	conditional	estreindroie, estreindreie	estreindroies, estreindreies	estreindroit, estreindreit	estreindriiens, estreindriens	estreindriiez, estreindriez	estreindroient, estreindreient
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	estreigne	estreignes	estreigne	estreigniens, estreignons	estreigniez	estreignent
	imperfect	estreinsisse	estreinsisses	estreinsist	estreinsissons, estreinsissiens	estreinsissoiz, estreinsissez, estreinsissiez	estreinsissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	estreing	—	estreignons	estreigniez	—

Derived terms

• estreint

Related terms

• astreindre
• constraindre
• destraindre
• estroit/estreit
• restreindre

 

Descendants

• French: étreindre
• Norman: êtreindre
• → Middle English: straynen
  • English: strain
    • → Irish: straidhn

Further reading

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (estreindre)
• estreindre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub