fraindre

Old French

Etymology

From Latin frangere, present active infinitive of frangō.

Verb

fraindre

1. to break; (damage significantly)

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 fraindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fraindre			avoir fraint, frait
gerund		en fraignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		fraignant
past participle		fraint, frait
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	fraing	frainz	fraint	fraignons	fraigniez	fraignent
	imperfect	fraignoie, fraigneie	fraignoies, fraigneies	fraignoit, fraigneit	fraigniiens, fraigniens	fraigniiez, fraigniez	fraignoient, fraigneient
	preterite	frains	frainsis	frainst	frainsimes	frainsistes	frainstrent
	future	fraindrai	fraindras	fraindra	fraindrons	fraindroiz, fraindreiz, fraindrez	fraindront
	conditional	fraindroie, fraindreie	fraindroies, fraindreies	fraindroit, fraindreit	fraindriiens, fraindriens	fraindriiez, fraindriez	fraindroient, fraindreient
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	fraigne, frange	fraignes, franges	fraigne, frange	fraigniens, fraignons, frangiens, franjons	fraigniez, frangiez	fraignent, frangent
	imperfect	frainsisse	frainsisses	frainsist	frainsissons, frainsissiens	frainsissoiz, frainsissez, frainsissiez	frainsissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	fraing	—	fraignons	fraigniez	—

References

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