soloir

Old French

Alternative forms

souloir

Etymology

From Latin solēre, present active infinitive of soleō.

Verb

soloir

to have a custom; to usually do

Usage notes

While the infinitive is only attested in Latin-French glossaries, soloir is copiously attested through its conjugated forms such as soloit and soloient.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, 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 soloir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		soloir			avoir solu
gerund		en solant, soillant, sueillant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		solant, soillant, sueillant
past participle		solu
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	soil, sueil, suel	sueus, sues	sueut, suet	solons	solez	suelent, solent
	imperfect	soloie, soleie	soloies, soleies	soloit, soleit	soliiens, soliens	soliiez, soliez	soloient, soleient
	preterite	soil, sol, sous, soli, sousi	solis, sousis	sout, soust, soli, sousi	solimes, sousimes	solistes, sousistes	soudrent, solrent, soustrent, solirent, sousirent
	future	soudrai	soudras	soudra	soudrons	soudroiz, soudreiz, soudrez	soudront
	conditional	soudroie, soudreie	soudroies, soudreies	soudroit, soudreit	soudriiens, soudriens	soudriiez, soudriez	soudroient, soudreient
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	sueille	sueilles	sueille	soilliens, soillons, sueilliens, sueillons	soilliez, sueilliez	sueillent
simple tenses	imperfect	solisse, sousisse	solisses, sousisses	solist, sousist	solissons, solissiens, sousissons, sousissiens	solissoiz, solissez, solissiez, sousissoiz, sousissez, sousissiez	solissent, sousissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	sueilles	—	sueilliens, sueillons	sueilliez	—

Descendants

Middle French: souloir
- French: souloir (archaic)

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (souloir)
soloir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “solēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 12: Sk–š, page 45