enoindre

Old French

Etymology

From Latin inungō, from in- + ungō (“to smear, anoint”), equivalent to en- +‎ oindre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈnui̯ndɾə/

Verb

enoindre

1. to anoint
   • 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide

     Puis comanda avant venir
     Les evesques et les prieus
     Et les abez religieus,
     Por enoindre le novel roi
     Selonc la crestiiene loi.

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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.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		enoindre			avoir enoint
gerund		en enoignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		enoignant
past participle		enoint
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	enoing	enoinz	enoint	enoignons	enoigniez	enoignent
	imperfect	enoignoie, enoigneie	enoignoies, enoigneies	enoignoit, enoigneit	enoigniiens, enoigniens	enoigniiez, enoigniez	enoignoient, enoigneient
	preterite	enoins	enoinsis	enoinst	enoinsimes	enoinsistes	enoinstrent
	future	enoindrai	enoindras	enoindra	enoindrons	enoindroiz, enoindreiz, enoindrez	enoindront
	conditional	enoindroie, enoindreie	enoindroies, enoindreies	enoindroit, enoindreit	enoindriiens, enoindriens	enoindriiez, enoindriez	enoindroient, enoindreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	enoigne	enoignes	enoigne	enoigniens, enoignons	enoigniez	enoignent
	imperfect	enoinsisse	enoinsisses	enoinsist	enoinsissons, enoinsissiens	enoinsissoiz, enoinsissez, enoinsissiez	enoinsissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	enoing	—	enoignons	enoigniez	—

Descendants

• → Middle English: enointen, anointen, inointen, anynten (< enoint (past participle))
  • English: anoint
  • Scots: anynt

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (enoindre)