disner

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French disner.

Verb

disner

1. to dine
   • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:

     […] et dormit jusques au lendemain heure de disner

     […] and slept until it was time to dine

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of disner

infinitive	simple	disner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	disnant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		disné
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	disne	disnes	disne	disnons	disnez	disnent
	imperfect	disnois, disnoys	disnois, disnoys	disnoit, disnoyt	disnions, disnyons	disniez, disnyez	disnoient, disnoyent
	past historic	disna	disnas	disna	disnasmes	disnastes	disnerent
	future	disnerai, disneray	disneras	disnera	disnerons	disnerez	disneront
	conditional	disnerois, disneroys	disnerois, disneroys	disneroit, disneroyt	disnerions, disneryons	disneriez, disneryez	disneroient, disneroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	disne	disnes	disne	disnons	disnez	disnent
	imperfect	disnasse	disnasses	disnast	disnassions	disnassiez	disnassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	disne	—	disnons	disnez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: dîner

Noun

disner m (plural disners)

1. lunch (main meal)

Descendants

• French: dîner

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *disiūnō, *disiūnāre, from disieiūnāre, disjejūnāre (“to break the fast”), from dis- + Late Latin iēiūnō, iēiūnāre (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus.

Verb

disner

1. to dine; to eat the main meal of the day

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem desjun distinct from the unstressed stem disn. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		disner			avoir disné
gerund		en disnant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		disnant
past participle		disné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	desjun	desjunes	desjune	disnons	disnez	desjunent
	imperfect	disnoie, disneie, disnoe, disneve	disnoies, disneies, disnoes, disneves	disnoit, disneit, disnot, disneve	disniiens, disniens	disniiez, disniez	disnoient, disneient, disnoent, disnevent
	preterite	disnai	disnas	disna	disnames	disnastes	disnerent
	future	disnerai	disneras	disnera	disnerons	disneroiz, disnereiz, disnerez	disneront
	conditional	disneroie, disnereie	disneroies, disnereies	disneroit, disnereit	disneriiens, disneriens	disneriiez, disneriez	disneroient, disnereient
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	desjun	desjuns	desjunt	disnons	disnez	desjunent
	imperfect	disnasse	disnasses	disnast	disnissons, disnissiens	disnissoiz, disnissez, disnissiez	disnassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	desjune	—	disnons	disnez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: disner
  • French: dîner
• → Middle English: dynen, dyne, dinen
  • English: dine
  • Scots: dine

Noun

disner oblique singular, m (oblique plural disners, nominative singular disners, nominative plural disner)

1. lunch (main meal of the day)
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     S'en vint un jor, aprés disner

     He came one day, after lunch

Coordinate terms

• mengier
• boivre

Descendants

• Middle French: disner
  • French: dîner
• → Middle English: dyner, dener, diner, dinere, dynere, dinare, deynere, dynare, dyneer, dynier, dynnar, dynner (Late Middle English)
  • English: dinner (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Scots: dyner, denner, dennar
    • Scots: denner
  • Yola: dineare, deneare
• → Middle Irish: dinér, dinnér
  • Irish: dinnéar, dínnéar

References

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