chair – Anglo-Norman verb conjugation

Anglo-Norman verb forms of chair

Infinitive

chaer; chaier; chaeir; chaoir; cheer; cheeir; cheher; cheier; cheiir; cheir; cheire; cheioir; cher; chere; cheur; chier; choire; cair; caeir; kair

Participles

Presentchaant; cheant
Pastcaet

Indicative

Present

1st sing.chae
2nd sing.chas
3rd sing.chaut; chaz; cheet; cheit; cheot; chet; chete; chiet; chit
1st plur.chaions; chaium; chaum; cheiums; cheum
2nd plur.chaez; cheietz
3rd plur.checeont; cheent; cheient; cheiont; cheiount; cheont; chent

Imperfect

1st sing.chaeie
2nd sing.chaoies
3rd sing.chaeit; chaoit; chaist; chei; cheia; cheii; cheist; cheit; cheust; cheut; cheuth; chiest; chust; chut; kai
1st plur.chaimes
2nd plur.chaiez; chaistes; chaites
3rd plur.chaerent; chaierent; chaierount; chaierunt; chairent; chaiesent; cheirent; cheierent; chierent

Preterite

1st sing.chai
2nd sing.chais
3rd sing.cait; chait
1st plur.chaimes
2nd plur.chaistes
3rd plur.cairent; chairent

Future

1st sing.charai
2nd sing.chadras
3rd sing.carra; carrat; chairat; chara; charra; charrad; charrat; cheiera; cheira; cheirra; cherra; chesera; chiarra
1st plur.charrum
2nd plur.carrez; chairetz; charrez
3rd plur.carrunt; chaierunt; chairont; charront; charrunt; chaireient; cheirent; cheirunt; cherront; cherrunt

Conditional

1st sing.cherreie; karraie
3rd sing.charreit; chereit; cherreit; cherroit
1st plur.chariens
2nd plur.charoistez
3rd plur.charoient

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.chese; chiese
2nd sing.chees
3rd sing.chede; cheete; cheice; cheise; cheist; chesce; chece; chese; chesse; chete; chice; chie; chiece; chieced; chieche; chiete; choese
1st plur.chieçom
2nd plur.chaez; chaiez; checiez; cheisez
3rd plur.checent; cheent; cheient; chesent

Imperfect

1st sing.caisse; chaisse
2nd sing.chaasses
3rd sing.chaist; cheisist; cheist
1st plur.chaissoms
2nd plur.chaissez
3rd plur.chaissent

Sample Sentences

  • Ceste pere est fuldre apelee; D’iloc a neof jurz ert trovee Que ele chet del firmament
  • Li rei chaid, un cri getad, Li cheval s’en espoentad
  • Le soleil i est levé e chaie la rosee
  • cil chiet jus sovin
  • Quant le counte ceo oist, Tost estendu a terre chaist
  • une pome ki chet al vent
  • Si kay le fuidre […] Sur le eglise
  • La ruige toilt la passiun Ke prent a ume par luneisun, Dunt il chet et est afolez
  • se cil le porte qui chiet del mal, si garra
  • Il s’escriera tut premer Que la maisun volt trebucher; A ses compaignons criera: ‘Fuions, fuions, ker ja carra!’
  • les mesons furent febles et veillez et issint chayesent
  • il lessa les mesouns descheir
  • il ad sys perches de la mure […] del dite cité prest a cheyer
  • si home demaunde vers un autre home tenement dount lui e sa femme sunt joinz feffez, si chiet le bref
  • i cheet le bref de novele disseisine par la mort le disseisour
  • s’il entrelet nul, sun voche[r] chet
  • et cil qi desassentera cum il avera pledé, chete de sa pleynte
  • s’il cheist en sa pleinte
  • soient mis par lour serment demeyne, e qi qe cheit , la merchie serra demi mark
  • l’evesque ne […] porra point receivre s’il ne chesce devers le roy en .c. livres

Imperative

2nd sing.cha
1st plur.chadums
2nd plur.chaez; chaietz; cheez

Translations

  • 1. to fall (v.n.)
  • 2. to fall into ruin, collapse (v.n.)
  • 3. to abate, diminish (v.n.)
  • 4. to occur, arise, happen (v.n.)
  • 5. to be relevant, of importance (v.n.)
  • 1. to fall (v.refl.)
  • 2. to relapse (v.refl.)
  • 3. to prostrate oneself (v.refl.)
  • 1. to come about, happen (v.impers.)
  • 2. to seem appropriate (v.impers.)

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