heriter

See also: hériter

Middle English

Alternative forms

• heirytoure, heritier, heritour

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman heriter (“heir”) (continental Old French eritier, iretier), from Latin hērēditārius; equivalent to heriten +‎ -er, though some forms are modified after -our. Doublet of hereditarie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛriˈteːr/, /ˈɛritər/

Noun

heriter

1. (Late Middle English, rare) An heir to property or a title.

Descendants

• English: heritor (obsolete heritour)
• Middle Scots: heritour, heretour
  • Scots: heritor

References

• “heriter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology 1

Noun

heriter oblique singular, m (oblique plural heriters, nominative singular heriters, nominative plural heriter)

1. (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of eritier

Etymology 2

Verb

heriter

1. alternative form of eriter

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		heriter			avoir herité
gerund		en heritant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		heritant
past participle		herité
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	herit	herites	herite	heritons	heritez	heritent
	imperfect	heritoie, heriteie, heritoe, heriteve	heritoies, heriteies, heritoes, heriteves	heritoit, heriteit, heritot, heriteve	heritiiens, heritiens	heritiiez, heritiez	heritoient, heriteient, heritoent, heritevent
	preterite	heritai	heritas	herita	heritames	heritastes	heriterent
	future	heriterai	heriteras	heritera	heriterons	heriteroiz, heritereiz, heriterez	heriteront
	conditional	heriteroie, heritereie	heriteroies, heritereies	heriteroit, heritereit	heriteriiens, heriteriens	heriteriiez, heriteriez	heriteroient, heritereient
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	herit	heriz	herit	heritons	heritez	heritent
	imperfect	heritasse	heritasses	heritast	heritissons, heritissiens	heritissoiz, heritissez, heritissiez	heritassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	herite	—	heritons	heritez	—