mesconoistre

Old French

Etymology

mes- +‎ conoistre.

Verb

mesconoistre

1. to misrecognize; to incorrectly recognize

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 mesconoistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mesconoistre			avoir mesconeü
gerund		en mesconoissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		mesconoissant
past participle		mesconeü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	mesconois	mesconois	mesconoist	mesconoissons	mesconoissiez	mesconoissent
	imperfect	mesconoissoie, mesconoisseie	mesconoissoies, mesconoisseies	mesconoissoit, mesconoisseit	mesconoissiiens, mesconoissiens	mesconoissiiez, mesconoissiez	mesconoissoient, mesconoisseient
	preterite	mesconui	mesconeüs	mesconut	mesconeümes	mesconeüstes	mesconurent
	future	mesconoistrai	mesconoistras	mesconoistra	mesconoistrons	mesconoistroiz, mesconoistreiz, mesconoistrez	mesconoistront
	conditional	mesconoistroie, mesconoistreie	mesconoistroies, mesconoistreies	mesconoistroit, mesconoistreit	mesconoistriiens, mesconoistriens	mesconoistriiez, mesconoistriez	mesconoistroient, mesconoistreient
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	mesconoisse	mesconoisses	mesconoisse	mesconoissiens, mesconoissons	mesconoissiez	mesconoissent
	imperfect	mesconeüsse	mesconeüsses	mesconeüst	mesconeüssons, mesconeüssiens	mesconeüssoiz, mesconeüssez, mesconeüssiez	mesconeüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	mesconois	—	mesconoissons	mesconoissiez	—

Descendants

• French: méconnaître

References

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