fremir

See also: frémir

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fremir.

Verb

fremir

1. to shake; to shiver; to tremble

Descendants

• French: frémir

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fremīre, from Latin fremere, present active infinitive of fremō.

Verb

fremir

1. to shake; to shiver; to tremble
   • c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence li miracles que Nostre Dame fist dou soucretain et d'une dame:

     Car trestuit si grant paor orent […] Que la chars lor fremist et tremble.

     For soon they were so afraid […] that their flesh shook and trembled.

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 fremir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fremir			avoir fremi
gerund		en fremissant			gerund of avoir past participle
present participle		fremissant
past participle		fremi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	fremis	fremis	fremist	fremissons	fremissez	fremissent
	imperfect	fremissoie, fremisseie	fremissoies, fremisseies	fremissoit, fremisseit	fremissiiens, fremissiens	fremissiiez, fremissiez	fremissoient, fremisseient
	preterite	fremi	fremis	fremi	fremimes	fremistes	fremirent
	future	fremirai	fremiras	fremira	fremirons	fremiroiz, fremireiz, fremirez	fremiront
	conditional	fremiroie, fremireie	fremiroies, fremireies	fremiroit, fremireit	fremiriiens, fremiriens	fremiriiez, fremiriez	fremiroient, fremireient
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	fremisse	fremisses	fremisse	fremissons	fremissez	fremissent
	imperfect	fremisse	fremisses	fremist	fremissons, fremissiens	fremissoiz, fremissez, fremissiez	fremissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	fremis	—	fremissons	fremissez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: fremir
  • French: frémir