regreter

Old French

Verb

regreter

1. to regret
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     Sovent regrete le roi Marc
     Son oncle, qui a fait tel tort

     King Mark often regretted
     That his uncle had done such a bad thing

2. to bewail; to lament
   • 12^th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

     Son fil regrete, ne se pot conforter

     She lamented the loss of her son, she couldn't comfort herself

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		regreter			avoir regreté
gerund		en regretant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		regretant
past participle		regreté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	regret	regretes	regrete	regretons	regretez	regretent
	imperfect	regretoie, regreteie, regretoe, regreteve	regretoies, regreteies, regretoes, regreteves	regretoit, regreteit, regretot, regreteve	regretiiens, regretiens	regretiiez, regretiez	regretoient, regreteient, regretoent, regretevent
	preterite	regretai	regretas	regreta	regretames	regretastes	regreterent
	future	regreterai	regreteras	regretera	regreterons	regreteroiz, regretereiz, regreterez	regreteront
	conditional	regreteroie, regretereie	regreteroies, regretereies	regreteroit, regretereit	regreteriiens, regreteriens	regreteriiez, regreteriez	regreteroient, regretereient
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	regret	regrez	regret	regretons	regretez	regretent
	imperfect	regretasse	regretasses	regretast	regretissons, regretissiens	regretissoiz, regretissez, regretissiez	regretassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	regrete	—	regretons	regretez	—

Descendants

• English: to regret
• French: regretter