doloir

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin dolēre.

Verb

doloir

  1. to suffer
    • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
      Je sai bien que mout vos dolez.
      I know you're suffering a lot
    • c. 1200, Robert Mauvoisin, Au tens d'esté que voi vergiers florir:
      La haute amor qui m'est el cuer entree
      Souvent me fet le cuer et le cors doloir.
      The great love that has entered into my heart
      Often makes my heart and my body suffer.
  2. to inflict pain or suffering

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem duel distinct from the unstressed stem dol, 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 doloir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive doloir avoir dolu
gerund en dolant, doillant, dueillant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle dolant, doillant, dueillant
past participle dolu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present doil, dueil, duel dueus dueut dolons dolez duelent
imperfect doloie, doleie doloies, doleies doloit, doleit doliiens, doliens doliiez, doliez doloient, doleient
preterite dolui dolus dolu dolumes dolustes dolurent
future doudrai doudras doudra doudrons doudroiz, doudreiz, doudrez doudront
conditional doudroie, doudreie doudroies, doudreies doudroit, doudreit doudriiens, doudriens doudriiez, doudriez doudroient, doudreient
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 dueille dueilles dueille doilliens, doillons, dueillons doilliez, dueilliez dueillent
imperfect dolusse dolusses dolust dolussons, dolussiens dolussoiz, dolussez, dolussiez dolussent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— duel — dolons dolez —

Descendants
  • French: douloir
  • Norman: doudre

References
  • “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 153
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