tornoiier

Old French

Alternative forms

• tornoier
• turneier (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *tornidiō, from Latin tornō.

Verb

tornoiier

1. (transitive, intransitive) to turn
2. to participate in a tournament (medieval contest)

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. This verb has a stressed present stem torni distinct from the unstressed stem tornoi, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		tornoiier			avoir tornoiié
gerund		en tornoiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		tornoiant
past participle		tornoiié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	torni, tornoi	tornïes, tornoies	tornïe, tornoie	tornoions	tornoiiez, tornoiez	tornïent, tornoient
	imperfect	tornoioie, tornoieie, tornoioe, tornoiieve, tornoieve	tornoioies, tornoieies, tornoioes, tornoiieves, tornoieves	tornoioit, tornoieit, tornoiot, tornoiieve, tornoieve	tornoiiiens, tornoiiens	tornoiiiez, tornoiiez	tornoioient, tornoieient, tornoioent, tornoiievent, tornoievent
	preterite	tornoiai	tornoias	tornoia	tornoiames	tornoiastes	tornoiierent
	future	tornoierai	tornoieras	tornoiera	tornoierons	tornoieroiz, tornoiereiz, tornoierez	tornoieront
	conditional	tornoieroie, tornoiereie	tornoieroies, tornoiereies	tornoieroit, tornoiereit	tornoieriiens, tornoieriens	tornoieriiez, tornoieriez	tornoieroient, tornoiereient
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	torni, tornoi	tornis, tornois	tornit, tornoit	tornoions	tornoiiez, tornoiez	tornïent, tornoient
	imperfect	tornoiasse	tornoiasses	tornoiast	tornoiissons, tornoiissiens	tornoiissoiz, tornoiissez, tornoiissiez	tornoiassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	tornïe, tornoie	—	tornoions	tornoiiez, tornoiez	—

Descendants

• French: tournoyer