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aorer
aorer
Old French
Verb
aorer
- to praise or to pray to (chiefly God, the Christian deity); to adore
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
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Deu croi, Deu ainme, Deu aore,
- God I believe, God I love, God I adore
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Deu croi, Deu ainme, Deu aore,
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem aeur distinct from the unstressed stem aor. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of aorer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | aorer | avoir aoré | |||||
| gerund | en aorant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | aorant | ||||||
| past participle | aoré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | aeur | aeures | aeure | aorons | aorez | aeurent |
| imperfect | aoroie, aoreie, aoroe, aoreve | aoroies, aoreies, aoroes, aoreves | aoroit, aoreit, aorot, aoreve | aoriiens, aoriens | aoriiez, aoriez | aoroient, aoreient, aoroent, aorevent | |
| preterite | aorai | aoras | aora | aorames | aorastes | aorerent | |
| future | aorerai | aoreras | aorera | aorerons | aoreroiz, aorereiz, aorerez | aoreront | |
| conditional | aoreroie, aorereie | aoreroies, aorereies | aoreroit, aorereit | aoreriiens, aoreriens | aoreriiez, aoreriez | aoreroient, aorereient | |
| 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 | aeur | aeurs | aeurt | aorons | aorez | aeurent |
| imperfect | aorasse | aorasses | aorast | aorissons, aorissiens | aorissoiz, aorissez, aorissiez | aorassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | aeure | — | aorons | aorez | — | ||
Descendants
- Middle French: aorer