veir

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French vair, from Latin varius (variegated).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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veir (plural veyres)

  1. vair (squirrel fur)
  2. vair clothing
  3. (rare) weasel, stoat

Descendants

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  • English: vair
  • Scots: vair (obsolete)
  • Yola: vier, wyer, vierd

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Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French vëoir, from Latin videō, vidēre, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (to know; see).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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veir

  1. to see
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 517:
      Il est niais coume Dadais qui tâte l'iaue pour vée s'a bouit.
      He is as stupid as Dadais who puts his hand into the water to see if it is boiling.

Conjugation

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Old French

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Verb

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veir

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative infinitive of veoir

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Noun

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veir oblique singularm (oblique plural veirs, nominative singular veirs, nominative plural veir)

  1. Alternative form of vair (fur of a squirrel)

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin videō, vidēre.

Verb

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veir

  1. (Surmiran) to look
  2. (Surmiran) to see