preindre

French

Verb

preindre

1. (obsolete or regional) Alternative spelling of prendre
   • 1857, Maine-et-Loire, Revue de l'Anjou:

     De telles figures à mémoire perpétuelle feist Frapin preindre son tinel et salle basse.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Middle French

Verb

preindre

1. to take

Old French

Etymology 1

see priembre

Verb

preindre

1. Alternative form of priembre

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Danish: prente
• English: print
• Middle Low German: prenten
• Norwegian: prente

Etymology 2

see prendre

Verb

preindre

1. Alternative form of prendre
   • 1872, François Marie Étienne Forel, Chartes communales du pays de Vaud dès l'an 1214 à l'an 1527:

     Si li Borgeis diont que li pains ne soit suffisants, li Seignour pout preindre les pains, et les donner ez pauvres.

     If the Burgesses say that there isn't enough bread, Sire can take these loaves and give them to the poor.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. 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 preindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		preindre			avoir pris
gerund		en preinant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		preinant
past participle		pris
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	preing, prein	preinz	preint	preinons	preinez	preinent
	imperfect	preinoie, preineie	preinoies, preineies	preinoit, preineit	preiniiens, preiniens	preiniiez, preiniez	preinoient, preineient
	preterite	pris	preṣis	prist	preṣimes	preṣistes	prisdrent
	future	preindrai	preindras	preindra	preindrons	preindroiz, preindreiz, preindrez	preindront
	conditional	preindroie, preindreie	preindroies, preindreies	preindroit, preindreit	preindriiens, preindriens	preindriiez, preindriez	preindroient, preindreient
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	preigne	preignes	preigne	preinons, preigniens, preignons	preinez, preigniez	preignent
	imperfect	preṣisse	preṣisses	preṣist	preṣissons, preṣissiens	preṣissoiz, preṣissez, preṣissiez	preṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	prein	—	preinons	preinez	—

References

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