delitier

Old French

Alternative forms
  • deliter

Etymology

Latin dēlectāre

Verb

delitier

  1. to delight
    • circa 1181, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
      Dist la pucele : "Dex te mete,
      Chevaliers, joie et cuer parfite
      De la rien qui plus te delite !"
      The lady said "God gives you
      Sire, perfect joy and contentment
      Of the thing than delights you the most!"

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of delitier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive delitier avoir delitié
gerund en delitant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle delitant
past participle delitié
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present delit delites delite delitons delitiez delitent
imperfect delitoie, deliteie, delitoe, delitieve delitoies, deliteies, delitoes, delitieves delitoit, deliteit, delitot, delitieve delitiiens, delitiens delitiiez, delitiez delitoient, deliteient, delitoent, delitievent
preterite delitai delitas delita delitames delitastes delitierent
future deliterai deliteras delitera deliterons deliteroiz, delitereiz, deliterez deliteront
conditional deliteroie, delitereie deliteroies, delitereies deliteroit, delitereit deliteriiens, deliteriens deliteriiez, deliteriez deliteroient, delitereient
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 delit deliz delit delitons delitiez delitent
imperfect delitasse delitasses delitast delitissons, delitissiens delitissoiz, delitissez, delitissiez delitassent
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 –
— delite — delitons delitiez —
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