deslyer

Middle French

Etymology

Old French deslier

Verb

deslyer

1. (transitive) to untie (a person, etc.)
   • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:

     […] et commanda qu'il fut deslyé desdictes chaisnes

     […] and ordered that he be untied from his chains

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of deslyer

infinitive	simple	deslyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	deslyant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		deslyé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	deslye	deslyes	deslye	deslyons	deslyez	deslyent
	imperfect	deslyois, deslyoys	deslyois, deslyoys	deslyoit, deslyoyt	deslyions, deslyyons	deslyiez, deslyyez	deslyoient, deslyoyent
	past historic	deslya	deslyas	deslya	deslyasmes	deslyastes	deslyerent
	future	deslyerai, deslyeray	deslyeras	deslyera	deslyerons	deslyerez	deslyeront
	conditional	deslyerois, deslyeroys	deslyerois, deslyeroys	deslyeroit, deslyeroyt	deslyerions, deslyeryons	deslyeriez, deslyeryez	deslyeroient, deslyeroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	deslye	deslyes	deslye	deslyons	deslyez	deslyent
	imperfect	deslyasse	deslyasses	deslyast	deslyassions	deslyassiez	deslyassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	deslye	—	deslyons	deslyez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: délier