lyer

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French lier

Verb

lyer

  1. (transitive) to tie up (a person)
    • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:
      mais, par autant qu'il avoit les bras lyez dedans, il ne povoit rien prendre à manger
      but at the same time, he had his hands tied up; he couldn't pick up anything to eat it

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of lyer
simple compound
infinitive lyer avoir lyé
gerund en lyant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle lyant
past participle lyé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present lye lyes lye lyons lyez lyent
imperfect lyois, lyoys lyois, lyoys lyoit, lyoyt lyions, lyyons lyiez, lyyez lyoient, lyoyent
past historic lya lyas lya lyasmes lyastes lyerent
future lyerai, lyeray lyeras lyera lyerons lyerez lyeront
conditional lyerois, lyeroys lyerois, lyeroys lyeroit, lyeroyt lyerions, lyeryons lyeriez, lyeryez lyeroient, lyeroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present lye lyes lye lyons lyez lyent
imperfect lyasse lyasses lyast lyassions lyassiez lyassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— lye — lyons lyez —

Descendants

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French lire (compare French lire), from Latin legō, legere (“read, recite”).

Verb

lyer

  1. (Sark) to read
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