mesfaire

Old French

Alternative forms

• mesfere

Etymology

mes- +‎ faire.

Verb

mesfaire

1. to do wrong; to do evil
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     A vos ne mesferoit il mie.

     He would not do wrong unto you.

   • c. 1250, Marie de France, Lanval:

     Vassal, vus m'avez mult mesfait!

     Vassal, you have betrayed me!

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		mesfaire			avoir mesfait
gerund		en mesfaisant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		mesfaisant
past participle		mesfait
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	mesfaz, mesfai	mesfais	mesfait	mesfaimes, mesfaisons	mesfaites	mesfont
	imperfect	mesfaisoie, mesfaiseie	mesfaisoies, mesfaiseies	mesfaisoit, mesfaiseit	mesfaisiiens, mesfaisiens	mesfaisiiez, mesfaisiez	mesfaisoient, mesfaiseient
	preterite	mesfis	mesfeṣis	mesfist	mesfeṣimes	mesfeṣistes	mesfirent
	future	mesferai	mesferas	mesfera	mesferons	mesferoiz, mesfereiz, mesferez	mesferont
	conditional	mesferoie, mesfereie	mesferoies, mesfereies	mesferoit, mesfereit	mesferiiens, mesferiens	mesferiiez, mesferiez	mesferoient, mesfereient
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	mesface	mesfaces	mesface	mesfaciens, mesfaçons	mesfaciez	mesfacent
	imperfect	mesfeṣisse	mesfeṣisses	mesfeṣist	mesfeṣissons, mesfeṣissiens	mesfeṣissoiz, mesfeṣissez, mesfeṣissiez	mesfeṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	mesfa	—	mesfaimes, mesfaisons	mesfaites	—

Related terms

• mesfait

Descendants

• French: méfaire