coillir

Old French

Alternative forms

• cueildre
• cueillir
• cueldre
• cueudre

Etymology

Formed analogically, with the verbal suffix -ir, from cueil, stressed conjugated form of the original cueudre, cueildre, cueldre, from Latin colligere, present active infinitive of colligō (“collect”), from con- (“with, together”) + legō (“bring together, gather, collect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈʎir/

Verb

coillir

1. to pick (of a flower, to detach from the rest of the plant)
   • c. 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     alees erent ses puceles
     por coillir floretes noveles

     The maidens had gone
     to pick some new flowers

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has a stressed present stem cueill distinct from the unstressed stem coill, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		coillir			avoir coilli
gerund		en coillant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		coillant
past participle		coilli
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cueil	cueuz	cueut	coillons	coilliez	cueillent
	imperfect	coilloie, coilleie	coilloies, coilleies	coilloit, coilleit	coilliiens, coilliens	coilliiez, coilliez	coilloient, coilleient
	preterite	coilli	coillis	coilli	coillimes	coillistes	coillirent
	future	cueudrai	cueudras	cueudra	cueudrons	cueudroiz, cueudreiz, cueudrez	cueudront
	conditional	cueudroie, cueudreie	cueudroies, cueudreies	cueudroit, cueudreit	cueudriiens, cueudriens	cueudriiez, cueudriez	cueudroient, cueudreient
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	cueille, colge	cueilles, colges	cueille, colge	coilliens, coillons, cueilliens, cueillons, colgiens, coljons	coilliez, cueilliez, colgiez	cueillent, colgent
	imperfect	coillisse	coillisses	coillist	coillissons, coillissiens	coillissoiz, coillissez, coillissiez	coillissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	cueil	—	coillons	coilliez	—

Descendants

• French: cueillir
• Norman: tchilyi

References

• “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 151