honir

== Old French == === Alternative forms === hunir === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *haunīre. Attested in Roland. === Verb === honir to shame, disgrace, dishonor ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== Angevin: heugner Middle French: honir, honnir French: honnir Mayennais: hunir Norman: hougner Picard: honni Poitevin-Saintongeais: jougner Walloon: ahonti (Forrières) → Middle English: honysen, honyshen, hunyschen, hounshen → Gascon: honir → Old Occitan: onir === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*haunjan”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 183