lessier

Old French

Verb

lessier

1. Alternative form of laissier
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Ki remaindre voldra, remaindre le lesson

     Anyone who wishes to stay, we well allow them to do so

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. 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 lessier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		lessier			avoir lessié
gerund		en lessant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		lessant
past participle		lessié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	les	lesses	lesse	lessons	lessiez	lessent
	imperfect	lessoie, lesseie, lessoe, lessieve	lessoies, lesseies, lessoes, lessieves	lessoit, lesseit, lessot, lessieve	lessiiens, lessiens	lessiiez, lessiez	lessoient, lesseient, lessoent, lessievent
	preterite	lessai	lessas	lessa	lessames	lessastes	lessierent
	future	lesserai	lesseras	lessera	lesserons	lesseroiz, lessereiz, lesserez	lesseront
	conditional	lesseroie, lessereie	lesseroies, lessereies	lesseroit, lessereit	lesseriiens, lesseriens	lesseriiez, lesseriez	lesseroient, lessereient
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	les	les	lest	lessons	lessiez	lessent
	imperfect	lessasse	lessasses	lessast	lessissons, lessissiens	lessissoiz, lessissez, lessissiez	lessassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	lesse, les	—	lessons	lessiez	—