honir

Old French

Alternative forms

hunir

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *haunīre, from Frankish *haunijan (“humiliate, dishonour”).

Verb

honir

to shame, disgrace, dishonor

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		honir			avoir honi
gerund		en honissant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		honissant
past participle		honi
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	honis	honis	honist	honissons	honissez	honissent
	imperfect	honissoie, honisseie	honissoies, honisseies	honissoit, honisseit	honissiiens, honissiens	honissiiez, honissiez	honissoient, honisseient
	preterite	honi	honis	honi	honimes	honistes	honirent
	future	honirai	honiras	honira	honirons	honiroiz, honireiz, honirez	honiront
	conditional	honiroie, honireie	honiroies, honireies	honiroit, honireit	honiriiens, honiriens	honiriiez, honiriez	honiroient, honireient
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 preterite 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 jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	honisse	honisses	honisse	honissons	honissez	honissent
simple tenses	imperfect	honisse	honisses	honist	honissons, honissiens	honissoiz, honissez, honissiez	honissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	honis	—	honissons	honissez	—

Descendants

Angevin: heugner
Middle French: honir, honnir
- French: honnir
Mayennais: hunir
Norman: hougner
Picard: honni
Poitevin-Saintongeais: jougner
Walloon: ahonti (Forrières)
→ Middle English: honysen, honyshen, hunyschen, hounshen
→ Gascon: honir
→ Old Occitan: onir

References

Etymology and history of “honnir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*haunjan”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 183

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