criembre

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Latin tremere, present active infinitive of tremō, altered into a Gallo-Romance form *cremere, with the initial c- under the influence of the Celtic root *krit- (Breton kridien).[1]

Verb

criembre

  1. (transitive) to fear (have fear of)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem criem distinct from the unstressed stem crem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of criembre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive criembre avoir crient, crent, cremu
gerund en cremant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle cremant
past participle crient, crent, cremu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present criem criens crient cremons cremez criement
imperfect cremoie, cremeie cremoies, cremeies cremoit, cremeit cremiiens, cremiens cremiiez, cremiez cremoient, cremeient
preterite criens, crens, cremi, cremui criensis, crensis, cremis, cremus crienst, crenst, cremi, cremu criensimes, crensimes, cremimes, cremumes criensistes, crensistes, cremistes, cremustes crienstrent, crenstrent, cremirent, cremurent
future criendrai criendras criendra criendrons criendroiz, criendreiz, criendrez criendront
conditional criendroie, criendreie criendroies, criendreies criendroit, criendreit criendriiens, criendriens criendriiez, criendriez criendroient, criendreient
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 crieme, crienge criemes, crienges crieme, crienge cremons, criengiens, crienjons cremez, criengiez criement, criengent
imperfect criensisse, crensisse, cremisse, cremusse criensisses, crensisses, cremisses, cremusses criensist, crensist, cremist, cremust criensissons, criensissiens, crensissons, crensissiens, cremissons, cremissiens, cremussons, cremussiens criensissoiz, criensissez, criensissiez, crensissoiz, crensissez, crensissiez, cremissoiz, cremissez, cremissiez, cremussoiz, cremussez, cremussiez criensissent, crensissent, cremissent, cremussent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— criem — cremons cremez —

Descendants
  • French: craindre

References
  1. Etymology and history of “criembre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  • “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 152
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