seeler

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sigellāre, from Latin sigillāre, present active infinitive of sigillō (“I seal”), from sigillum (“seal”).

Verb

seeler

  1. to seal
    • c. 1200, author unknown, Aucassin et Nicolette:
      Puis si fist l'uis seeler c'on ne peust de nule part entrer ne iscir
      The he sealed up the door so that nobody could get in or out

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In addition, the forms that would normally end in *-els, *-elt are changed (seemingly irregularly) to -eus, -eut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of seeler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive seeler avoir seelé
gerund en seelant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle seelant
past participle seelé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present seel seeles seele seelons seelez seelent
imperfect seeloie, seeleie, seeloe, seeleve seeloies, seeleies, seeloes, seeleves seeloit, seeleit, seelot, seeleve seeliiens, seeliens seeliiez, seeliez seeloient, seeleient, seeloent, seelevent
preterite seelai seelas seela seelames seelastes seelerent
future seelerai seeleras seelera seelerons seeleroiz, seelereiz, seelerez seeleront
conditional seeleroie, seelereie seeleroies, seelereies seeleroit, seelereit seeleriiens, seeleriens seeleriiez, seeleriez seeleroient, seelereient
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 seel seeus seeut seelons seelez seelent
imperfect seelasse seelasses seelast seelissons, seelissiens seelissoiz, seelissez, seelissiez seelassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— seele — seelons seelez —

Descendants
  • → English: seal
  • Middle French: sceller
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