merveillier
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
merveillier
- (reflexive, se mervellier) to marvel (at)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Li serjant et li chevalier
Tuit se pranent a mervellier- The sergeants and the knights
- All stopped to marvel
- Li serjant et li chevalier
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
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 *-eill, *-eills, *-eillt are modified to eil, euz, eut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of merveillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | merveillier | avoir merveillié | |||||
| gerund | en merveillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | merveillant | ||||||
| past participle | merveillié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | merveil | merveilles | merveille | merveillons | merveilliez | merveillent |
| imperfect | merveilloie, merveilleie, merveilloe, merveillieve | merveilloies, merveilleies, merveilloes, merveillieves | merveilloit, merveilleit, merveillot, merveillieve | merveilliiens, merveilliens | merveilliiez, merveilliez | merveilloient, merveilleient, merveilloent, merveillievent | |
| preterite | merveillai | merveillas | merveilla | merveillames | merveillastes | merveillierent | |
| future | merveillerai | merveilleras | merveillera | merveillerons | merveilleroiz, merveillereiz, merveillerez | merveilleront | |
| conditional | merveilleroie, merveillereie | merveilleroies, merveillereies | merveilleroit, merveillereit | merveilleriiens, merveilleriens | merveilleriiez, merveilleriez | merveilleroient, merveillereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | merveil | merveuz | merveut | merveillons | merveilliez | merveillent |
| imperfect | merveillasse | merveillasses | merveillast | merveillissons, merveillissiens | merveillissoiz, merveillissez, merveillissiez | merveillassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | merveille | — | merveillons | merveilliez | — | ||
Related terms
Descendants
- English: marvel
- French: merveiller
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