mesprendre

Old French

Etymology

From mes- +‎ prendre.

Pronunciation

(archaic) IPA^(key): /mesˈpɾendɾə/
(classical) IPA^(key): /mesˈpɾandɾə/
(late) IPA^(key): /meˈpɾandɾə/

Verb

mesprendre

To misunderstand
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:
  Vous estes roys, si vous devés
  Garder de tort et de mesprendre.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. 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 mesprendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mesprendre			avoir mespris
gerund		en mesprenant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		mesprenant
past participle		mespris
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	mespreing, mespren	mesprenz	mesprent	mesprenons	mesprenez	mesprenent
	imperfect	mesprenoie, mespreneie	mesprenoies, mespreneies	mesprenoit, mespreneit	mespreniiens, mespreniens	mespreniiez, mespreniez	mesprenoient, mespreneient
	preterite	mespris	mespreṣis	mesprist	mespreṣimes	mespreṣistes	mesprisdrent
	future	mesprendrai	mesprendras	mesprendra	mesprendrons	mesprendroiz, mesprendreiz, mesprendrez	mesprendront
	conditional	mesprendroie, mesprendreie	mesprendroies, mesprendreies	mesprendroit, mesprendreit	mesprendriiens, mesprendriens	mesprendriiez, mesprendriez	mesprendroient, mesprendreient
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	mespreigne	mespreignes	mespreigne	mesprenons, mespreigniens, mespreignons	mesprenez, mespreigniez	mespreignent
simple tenses	imperfect	mespreṣisse	mespreṣisses	mespreṣist	mespreṣissons, mespreṣissiens	mespreṣissoiz, mespreṣissez, mespreṣissiez	mespreṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	mespren	—	mesprenons	mesprenez	—

Descendants

French: méprendre

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