trailler

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tragulāre (“to drag”), from Latin tragula (“dragnet, javelin thrown by a strap”), probably related to Latin trahere (“to pull, drag along”).

Verb

trailler

1. to tow; pick up the scent of a quarry

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-aill, *-aills, *-aillt are modified to ail, auz, aut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		trailler			avoir traillé
gerund		en traillant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		traillant
past participle		traillé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	trail	trailles	traille	traillons	traillez	traillent
	imperfect	trailloie, trailleie, trailloe, trailleve	trailloies, trailleies, trailloes, trailleves	trailloit, trailleit, traillot, trailleve	trailliiens, trailliens	trailliiez, trailliez	trailloient, trailleient, trailloent, traillevent
	preterite	traillai	traillas	trailla	traillames	traillastes	traillerent
	future	traillerai	trailleras	traillera	traillerons	trailleroiz, traillereiz, traillerez	trailleront
	conditional	trailleroie, traillereie	trailleroies, traillereies	trailleroit, traillereit	trailleriiens, trailleriens	trailleriiez, trailleriez	trailleroient, traillereient
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	trail	trauz	traut	traillons	traillez	traillent
	imperfect	traillasse	traillasses	traillast	traillissons, traillissiens	traillissoiz, traillissez, traillissiez	traillassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	traille	—	traillons	traillez	—

Descendants

• → English: trail