orer

Latin

Verb

ōrer

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of oro

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

orer m or f

indefinite plural of or

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

orar

Noun

orer f or m

indefinite feminine plural of or

Old French

Etymology

From Latin ōrāre, present active infinitive of ōrō.

Verb

orer

to pray
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:
  Jamais ne li fust nuns anuiz
  A releveir chacune nuit
  Por aleir a l'eglize oreir
  It never bothered her
  To get up each night
  To go to the Church and pray

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem eur distinct from the unstressed stem or. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		orer			avoir oré
gerund		en orant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		orant
past participle		oré
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	eur	eures	eure	orons	orez	eurent
	imperfect	oroie, oreie, oroe, oreve	oroies, oreies, oroes, oreves	oroit, oreit, orot, oreve	oriiens, oriens	oriiez, oriez	oroient, oreient, oroent, orevent
	preterite	orai	oras	ora	orames	orastes	orerent
	future	orerai	oreras	orera	orerons	oreroiz, orereiz, orerez	oreront
	conditional	oreroie, orereie	oreroies, orereies	oreroit, orereit	oreriiens, oreriens	oreriiez, oreriez	oreroient, orereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	eur	eurs	eurt	orons	orez	eurent
simple tenses	imperfect	orasse	orasses	orast	orissons, orissiens	orissoiz, orissez, orissiez	orassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	eure	—	orons	orez	—

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (orer)

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