Infinitive
paestre; paitre; pastre; peitre; peistre; pestre; pustre; paiser; pescier; peser; pesser; pessier; pester; pestir
Participles
| Present | paissant |
| Past | pais; pasceu; peeu; peu; pieu; pou; poud; pout; pouz; pu; pui |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | pas |
| 2nd sing. | paisquis |
| 3rd sing. | paist; peisse; peist; pest |
| 1st plur. | paisum; peissum; pessoum |
| 2nd plur. | peisez; pesez; pessez |
| 3rd plur. | paessent; paissent; pescent; pessent; pessunt |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | peisseie; pessoie |
| 2nd sing. | paiires |
| 3rd sing. | paisseit; peiseit; peisiet; peissot; pesceyt; pesseit; pessoit; peseit; peisseit; peissoit; peust; peissust |
| 1st plur. | pairion |
| 2nd plur. | pairiez |
| 3rd plur. | peisseient; pessoient; peusent; puisent; puissent |
Preterite
| 1st sing. | pesai; pesay |
| 2nd sing. | peisses |
| 3rd sing. | pesayt; pessa; peust; peut; pot; poust; pout; puist; puit; pust; put; puyst; paisse; pesche |
| 1st plur. | puisoms |
| 2nd plur. | peustes; peutes; pesates |
| 3rd plur. | pasterunt; peistrunt; pesterent; peserent; peurent; purent; pourent; puistrent; pustrent; putirent; putrount; puysent |
Future
| 1st sing. | pestray |
| 2nd sing. | paistras; peistras |
| 3rd sing. | paistrat; pestera; pesterat; pestra; pestrat |
| 1st plur. | pairmes |
| 2nd plur. | peisterez; peistrez; peterez |
| 3rd plur. | pestront |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | paistereie |
| 2nd sing. | paisreies |
| 3rd sing. | peitereit; peytereit |
| 1st plur. | paisrions |
| 2nd plur. | paistriez |
| 3rd plur. | paisereient |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | paiseie |
| 2nd sing. | peis |
| 3rd sing. | padie |
| 1st plur. | paistum |
| 2nd plur. | peiset; peisez; peissez; pesciez; pessez; pessiez |
| 3rd plur. | paient |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | paistisse |
| 3rd sing. | paistesist |
| 1st plur. | paistisuns |
| 2nd plur. | paistisiez |
| 3rd plur. | paisquissent |
Sample Sentences
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E peis les , e suslieve eals desque en pardurableté
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Hastif [...] ne devum estre Ne trop pensif de noz cors pestre , Par quei l’aume seit mise ariere
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paié a frere Richard [...] pur pastre .L. poures femmes, donant a chescune de eux pur un Pessiez de faim le muriant
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[...] od .v. acres de pré a paistre les bues ki attraient la leinne
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qe vous recevez la polayle qe vendra a vous de divers maners contre la feste du Noel pur l’ostel mon seignur e qe vous lur trovez renable sustenance, e qe vous pesez quatre pors ausy contre le Noel
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et il estoient pasceuz es lieus phaleises
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Si fesoient peser lour bestayle en les ditz placez al dit temps
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Ki ben dient e funt, Il sunt de muz vertuz, De ices est Deus pouz
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De viande celestiel Nus peist Nostre Sire del ciel
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Kant avoie feim vus me peustes
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E la la pest Deus de pain esperitel
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la mort paistrat eals
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poiar de faucher, de coiler, et carier, quaunt et quele heure q'ils volient, et de pestre la dite Laund par .CC. et.L. bestes, saunz contredit del dit Roi
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Deguastat icele li senglers de la selve, tutes les bestes del champ pourent icele
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ke autri avers ne peissent ne ne manivent (l. manjuent) lur pasture
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Les bestes qui paissent erbes laxatives [...] donnent mavais lait, [...] le ventre lasque deseseement et acune fois fait vomir
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trovames lez avers […] pessaunt et defolaunt nostre herbe
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Pur ceo vus pri, beaulx dulce fitz, Que vous ne ayetz de rien enviz de dame ou de damoisele, Kar devaunt vous paisera [...] N’i ad nulle que n’est hagernele
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cele beste Volt munter halt pur pestre
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Iceo jour les mena en un pré pur pestre
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | pais |
| 1st plur. | paistum |
| 2nd plur. | pasquiez |
Translations
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1.
to feed, provide food
(v.a.)
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2.
to feed, pasture, provide fodder (for animals)
(v.a.)
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3.
to spiritually feed, nourish
(v.a.)
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4.
to let (land) be grazed (by)
(v.a.)
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1.
to eat, consume food,to feed with,to make a=one's partner, accomplice
(v.n.)
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2.
to eat, graze, feed on pasture,to satisfy, gratify
(v.n.)
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1.
to feed oneself, eat,to eat, feed oneself on, with
(v.refl.)
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2.
to eat, graze, feed on pasture
(v.refl.)