tesmoignier

Old French

Alternative forms

• tesmoingner

Etymology

tesmoing +‎ -er

Verb

tesmoignier

1. to witness; to bare witness
   • c. 1175, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette, line 9:

     jel tesmoignasse

     I witnessed it

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. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		tesmoignier			avoir tesmoignié
gerund		en tesmoignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		tesmoignant
past participle		tesmoignié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	tesmoing	tesmoignes	tesmoigne	tesmoignons	tesmoigniez	tesmoignent
	imperfect	tesmoignoie, tesmoigneie, tesmoignoe, tesmoignieve	tesmoignoies, tesmoigneies, tesmoignoes, tesmoignieves	tesmoignoit, tesmoigneit, tesmoignot, tesmoignieve	tesmoigniiens, tesmoigniens	tesmoigniiez, tesmoigniez	tesmoignoient, tesmoigneient, tesmoignoent, tesmoignievent
	preterite	tesmoignai	tesmoignas	tesmoigna	tesmoignames	tesmoignastes	tesmoignierent
	future	tesmoignerai	tesmoigneras	tesmoignera	tesmoignerons	tesmoigneroiz, tesmoignereiz, tesmoignerez	tesmoigneront
	conditional	tesmoigneroie, tesmoignereie	tesmoigneroies, tesmoignereies	tesmoigneroit, tesmoignereit	tesmoigneriiens, tesmoigneriens	tesmoigneriiez, tesmoigneriez	tesmoigneroient, tesmoignereient
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	tesmoing	tesmoinz	tesmoint	tesmoignons	tesmoigniez	tesmoignent
	imperfect	tesmoignasse	tesmoignasses	tesmoignast	tesmoignissons, tesmoignissiens	tesmoignissoiz, tesmoignissez, tesmoignissiez	tesmoignassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	tesmoigne	—	tesmoignons	tesmoigniez	—

Descendants

• French: témoigner