haster

Middle French

Verb

haster

  1. (transitive) to hurry
    • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 2:
      Ils disent, que le Philosophe Stilpon aggravé de vieillesse, hasta sa fin à escient, par le breuvage de vin pur
      they said that the philosopher Stilpon, under the influence of old age, knowingly hurried along the end of his life by drinking pure wine

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of haster
infinitive simple haster
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple hastant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle hasté
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present haste hastes haste hastons hastez hastent
imperfect hastois, hastoys hastois, hastoys hastoit, hastoyt hastions, hastyons hastiez, hastyez hastoient, hastoyent
past historic hasta hastas hasta hastasmes hastastes hasterent
future hasterai, hasteray hasteras hastera hasterons hasterez hasteront
conditional hasterois, hasteroys hasterois, hasteroys hasteroit, hasteroyt hasterions, hasteryons hasteriez, hasteryez hasteroient, hasteroyent
(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 haste hastes haste hastons hastez hastent
imperfect hastasse hastasses hastast hastassions hastassiez hastassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — haste — hastons hastez —
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).

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish.

Verb

haster

  1. (reflexive, se haster) to hurry up; to act rapidly

Conjugation

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Descendants
  • French: hâter
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