toiller

Old French

Verb

toiller (Anglo-Norman spelling)

to dirty
(figuratively) to mark; to stain; to dirty (e.g. one's reputation)
(reflexive) to fall
to mix; to mix together
to agitate; to stir

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-oill, *-oills, *-oillt are modified to oil, ouz, out. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		toiller			avoir toillé
gerund		en toillant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		toillant
past participle		toillé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	toil	toilles	toille	toillons	toillez	toillent
	imperfect	toilloie, toilleie, toilloe, toilleve	toilloies, toilleies, toilloes, toilleves	toilloit, toilleit, toillot, toilleve	toilliiens, toilliens	toilliiez, toilliez	toilloient, toilleient, toilloent, toillevent
	preterite	toillai	toillas	toilla	toillames	toillastes	toillerent
	future	toillerai	toilleras	toillera	toillerons	toilleroiz, toillereiz, toillerez	toilleront
	conditional	toilleroie, toillereie	toilleroies, toillereies	toilleroit, toillereit	toilleriiens, toilleriens	toilleriiez, toilleriez	toilleroient, toillereient
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	toil	touz	tout	toillons	toillez	toillent
simple tenses	imperfect	toillasse	toillasses	toillast	toillissons, toillissiens	toillissoiz, toillissez, toillissiez	toillassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	toille	—	toillons	toillez	—

References

toiller on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (tooillier)

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