Infinitive
sostener; sostenir; soustener; soustenir; soutenir; soztenir; susteigner; susteiner; susteingner; susteinir; sustener; sustenire; sustenyr; susteyner; susteynir; sustigner; sustindre; sustiner; sustinere; sustinir; susztenir; suztenir
Participles
| Present | susteinant; sustenant |
| Past | sostené; sostenu; soustenu; sousteinu; soustenuit; susteigné; susteignu; susteiné; susteingné; susteinu; susteneu; sustenou; sustenu; sustenud; sustenue; sustenut; susteyné; susteynou; susteynu; sustiné; sustinu |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | souztiens; sustiegne; sustinc |
| 2nd sing. | sostiens; sustens |
| 3rd sing. | sostient; soustent; soustient; soutent; susteint; sustent; sustient |
| 1st plur. | sustenons; sustienons |
| 2nd plur. | sustenez |
| 3rd plur. | sostienent; soustiennent; susteignent; susteignont; susteinent; susteinont; sustenent; sustiegnent; sustienent; sustienont; sustinent; susztienent; sustynent; soustindrent; sustendrent; sustenerent; sustindrent; sustiendrent; suztindrent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | susteneie |
| 2nd sing. | sustenoies |
| 3rd sing. | sostenoyt; susteneit; susteniet |
| 1st plur. | susteniens |
| 2nd plur. | susteniez |
| 3rd plur. | susteneient; sustenoient |
Preterite
| 1st sing. | sustinc; susting; sustinge; sustync; sustynt |
| 2nd sing. | sustenis |
| 3rd sing. | sostint; sustint; sustenust; sustynt; suztint |
| 1st plur. | sustenimes |
| 2nd plur. | sustenestes |
| 3rd plur. | susteinderent |
Future
| 1st sing. | sustendray; suztendrai |
| 2nd sing. | sustendras |
| 3rd sing. | soustendra; susteindra; susteinera; sustendra; sustendrat; sustiendra |
| 1st plur. | soustendrons; sustendrons |
| 2nd plur. | sustendrez |
| 3rd plur. | soustendront; susteindront; susteintrount; sustendront; sustendrunt; sustiendront |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | sustendrei |
| 3rd sing. | susteneroit |
| 1st plur. | sustendrium |
| 2nd plur. | sustenderiez |
| 3rd plur. | soustendroient; sustendroient |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | sustenge |
| 2nd sing. | sustienges |
| 3rd sing. | sostinge; susteigne; susteine; sustenge; sustiegne; sustienge; sustienget; sustiengne; suztienge |
| 1st plur. | sustengum |
| 2nd plur. | susteignez |
| 3rd plur. | susteignent; sustengnent; sustenint; sustienent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | sustenisse |
| 2nd sing. | sustenasses |
| 3rd sing. | soustensist; sustenist; sustensist; sustenust |
| 1st plur. | sustenissens |
| 2nd plur. | susteneicet |
| 3rd plur. | sustenisent; sustenissent; sustinessent |
Sample Sentences
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Une saete al quor li vint, Mes ne savum qui l'arc suztint
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Mes ore est Haderolf durement alasset, K'il ne peot sustenir sun bon escu listet
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[...] que vus li sustenez sun braz dou vostre main senestre
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.ij. homes soustindrent les mains Moyset jesques atant que Amalek fu vencus
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n'avoyent poer de regarder ne lour testes sustener
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Li reis [...] Fud de sun derein mal suppris [...]. En ses escurz le susteneit E en sun lit le remeteit
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Trebuchent ly naffré [...]; Sustenent lour boals, e asquanz les traient
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Item fallent toutes les chaennes de fer pur les haubens et vers haubens et celles des orgueneaulx a soustenir les ancres
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Al rei fait metre le chef avant Que noble fu e avenant, Real corune sustenant
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Ke vus ne cheisez vus sustendra, E de tuz maus vus defendra
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Johan, son frere, sayly direre Fouke sur le destrer, e ly sustynt qu'il ne poeit cheyer
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El mund est tut e tut ensus [...]; Il est desus tut pusant, Il est desuz [tut] sustenant, Il est dedens pur tut tenir
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les autres quident qui uns angle sustient tot le munde et ad peour qu'il le laisse chair com il en ert las
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Enz el piler fermet aveit Tref de fin or: ço susteneit
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furent les columpnes ki le apentiz suztindrent dubles
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Cel sul piler susteneit les meiseres
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[..] et serra a chescune des corneres deux boteraz pur meutz susteyner les toreles
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Ly pilers sustient la mesoun
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Par chalur sunt tutes choses sustenues par lesqueles nus vivums
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le sank y deveroit tout assembler pur reconforter le coer et sustigner
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | sustien; sustenc; sustienc |
| 1st plur. | sustenum |
| 2nd plur. | sustenez |
Translations
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1.
to hold (upright), raise,to support, encourage in,to keep alive, survive (on)
(v.a.)
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2.
to support, sustain, keep from falling,to support oneself (with)
(v.a.)
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3.
to support, keep alive and healthy
(v.a.)
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4.
to support, provide for
(v.a.)
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5.
to look after, help
(v.a.)
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6.
to maintain, keep
(v.a.)
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7.
to hold, possess
(v.a.)
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8.
to undergo, suffer, endure
(v.a.)
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9.
to bear, endure
(v.a.)
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1.
to hold oneself up, keep from falling,to undergo, suffer, endure
(v.n.)
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2.
to provide support, make healthy
(v.n.)
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3.
to persist, continue
(v.n.)
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1.
to hold oneself up, keep from falling,to support oneself on, feed on
(v.refl.)
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2.
to keep oneself alive and healthy
(v.refl.)
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3.
to support, provide for oneself
(v.refl.)