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lyer

(transitive) to tie up (a person)
- 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:
  mais, par autant qu'il avoit les bras lyez dedans, il ne povoit rien prendre à manger
  but at the same time, he had his hands tied up; he couldn't pick up anything to eat it

Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of lyer

		simple			compound
infinitive		lyer			avoir lyé
gerund		en lyant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		lyant
past participle		lyé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (may be i' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ilz, elles
simple tenses	present	lye	lyes	lye	lyons	lyez	lyent
	imperfect	lyois, lyoys	lyois, lyoys	lyoit, lyoyt	lyions, lyyons	lyiez, lyyez	lyoient, lyoyent
	past historic	lya	lyas	lya	lyasmes	lyastes	lyerent
	future	lyerai, lyeray	lyeras	lyera	lyerons	lyerez	lyeront
	conditional	lyerois, lyeroys	lyerois, lyeroys	lyeroit, lyeroyt	lyerions, lyeryons	lyeriez, lyeryez	lyeroient, lyeroyent
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 past historic 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 ie	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	lye	lyes	lye	lyons	lyez	lyent
simple tenses	imperfect	lyasse	lyasses	lyast	lyassions	lyassiez	lyassent
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	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	lye	—	lyons	lyez	—

From Old French lire (compare French lire), from Latin legō, legere ‎(“read, recite”).

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