aorer

Old French

Etymology

From Latin adōrāre, present active infinitive of adōrō. Doublet of adorer.

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:
  Deu croi, Deu ainme, Deu aore,
  God I believe, God I love, God I adore

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
person		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
simple tenses	imperfect	aorasse	aorasses	aorast	aorissons, aorissiens	aorissoiz, aorissez, aorissiez	aorassent
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		—	aeure	—	aorons	aorez	—

Descendants

Middle French: aorer
- Norman: adouother
→ Middle English: aouren

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