moillier

Old French

Alternative forms

muillier

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *molliāre (“to soften by soaking”), from Latin molliō, from mollis (“soft”).

Verb

moillier

to wet (make wet)
- 12^th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
  Des larmes moille son hermin peliçon
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

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 *-oill, *-oills, *-oillt are modified to oil, ouz, out. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		moillier			avoir moillié
gerund		en moillant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		moillant
past participle		moillié
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	moil	moilles	moille	moillons	moilliez	moillent
	imperfect	moilloie, moilleie, moilloe, moillieve	moilloies, moilleies, moilloes, moillieves	moilloit, moilleit, moillot, moillieve	moilliiens, moilliens	moilliiez, moilliez	moilloient, moilleient, moilloent, moillievent
	preterite	moillai	moillas	moilla	moillames	moillastes	moillierent
	future	moillerai	moilleras	moillera	moillerons	moilleroiz, moillereiz, moillerez	moilleront
	conditional	moilleroie, moillereie	moilleroies, moillereies	moilleroit, moillereit	moilleriiens, moilleriens	moilleriiez, moilleriez	moilleroient, moillereient
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	moil	mouz	mout	moillons	moilliez	moillent
simple tenses	imperfect	moillasse	moillasses	moillast	moillissons, moillissiens	moillissoiz, moillissez, moillissiez	moillassent
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		—	moille	—	moillons	moilliez	—

Descendants

English: moil
French: mouiller

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