oindre

French

Etymology

From Old French oindre, from Latin ungere, present active infinitive of ungō, from unguō, from Proto-Italic *ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (anoint)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛ̃dʁ/

Verb

oindre

  1. to anoint

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like peindre. It uses the same endings as rendre or vendre, but its -nd- becomes -gn- before a vowel, and its past participle ends in ‘t’ instead of a vowel.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin ungere, present active infinitive of ungō.

Verb

oindre

  1. to anoint
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 165 of this essay:
      Item on leur doit oindre le pis de c’est onguent

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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