acointier

Old French

Alternative forms

• acuinter, acointer, acoyntier, acunter, acuintier
• aquaynter, aqueinter, aquintier, aquointier, aqointer

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin accognitāre.

Verb

acointier

1. get to know
2. recognize
3. inform, make known to
4. examine

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 *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of acointier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		acointier			avoir acointié
gerund		en acointant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		acointant
past participle		acointié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	acoint	acointes	acointe	acointons	acointiez	acointent
	imperfect	acointoie, acointeie, acointoe, acointieve	acointoies, acointeies, acointoes, acointieves	acointoit, acointeit, acointot, acointieve	acointiiens, acointiens	acointiiez, acointiez	acointoient, acointeient, acointoent, acointievent
	preterite	acointai	acointas	acointa	acointames	acointastes	acointierent
	future	acointerai	acointeras	acointera	acointerons	acointeroiz, acointereiz, acointerez	acointeront
	conditional	acointeroie, acointereie	acointeroies, acointereies	acointeroit, acointereit	acointeriiens, acointeriens	acointeriiez, acointeriez	acointeroient, acointereient
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	acoint	acoinz	acoint	acointons	acointiez	acointent
	imperfect	acointasse	acointasses	acointast	acointissons, acointissiens	acointissoiz, acointissez, acointissiez	acointassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	acointe	—	acointons	acointiez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: accointer
  • French: accointer
• → Middle English: aqueynten
  • English: acquaint
  • Scots: acquant, acquent, acquaint, awquant, acquaant (Shetland)

References

• acointier on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub