adober

Old French

Alternative forms

adobier, adouber, adoubier, aduber, adubier

Etymology

From Frankish *dubban, from Proto-Germanic *dub (“to fit”), from Proto-Indo-European *dheubʰ- (“plug, peg, wedge”). Cognate with English dub.

Verb

adober

to dub (to bestow the title of knight upon)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Érec et Énide':
  Ot adobé li rois Artus
  Quatre çanz chevaliers et plus
  King Arthur knighted
  More than 400 knights
to equip
(reflexive, s'adober) to equip oneself

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-b, *-bs, *-bt are modified to p, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		adober			avoir adobé
gerund		en adobant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		adobant
past participle		adobé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	adop	adobes	adobe	adobons	adobez	adobent
	imperfect	adoboie, adobeie, adoboe, adobeve	adoboies, adobeies, adoboes, adobeves	adoboit, adobeit, adobot, adobeve	adobiiens, adobiens	adobiiez, adobiez	adoboient, adobeient, adoboent, adobevent
	preterite	adobai	adobas	adoba	adobames	adobastes	adoberent
	future	adoberai	adoberas	adobera	adoberons	adoberoiz, adobereiz, adoberez	adoberont
	conditional	adoberoie, adobereie	adoberoies, adobereies	adoberoit, adobereit	adoberiiens, adoberiens	adoberiiez, adoberiez	adoberoient, adobereient
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	adop	ados	adot	adobons	adobez	adobent
simple tenses	imperfect	adobasse	adobasses	adobast	adobissons, adobissiens	adobissoiz, adobissez, adobissiez	adobassent
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		—	adobe	—	adobons	adobez	—

Related terms

dauber

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