deignier

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dignāre.

Verb

deignier

1. to deign; to condescend

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		deignier			avoir deignié
gerund		en deignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		deignant
past participle		deignié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	deing	deignes	deigne	deignons	deigniez	deignent
	imperfect	deignoie, deigneie, deignoe, deignieve	deignoies, deigneies, deignoes, deignieves	deignoit, deigneit, deignot, deignieve	deigniiens, deigniens	deigniiez, deigniez	deignoient, deigneient, deignoent, deignievent
	preterite	deignai	deignas	deigna	deignames	deignastes	deignierent
	future	deignerai	deigneras	deignera	deignerons	deigneroiz, deignereiz, deignerez	deigneront
	conditional	deigneroie, deignereie	deigneroies, deignereies	deigneroit, deignereit	deigneriiens, deigneriens	deigneriiez, deigneriez	deigneroient, deignereient
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	deing	deinz	deint	deignons	deigniez	deignent
	imperfect	deignasse	deignasses	deignast	deignissons, deignissiens	deignissoiz, deignissez, deignissiez	deignassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	deigne	—	deignons	deigniez	—

Descendants

• → Middle English: deynen, daynen, deignen, deyne
  • English: deign
  • Scots: denzie (obsolete)
• French: daigner