ovrer

Old French

Alternative forms

• oevrer
• uevrer
• uvrer

Etymology

From Late Latin operō, operāre, from the deponent Classical Latin verb operor.

Verb

ovrer

1. to work

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. This verb has a stressed present stem uevr distinct from the unstressed stem ovr. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		ovrer			avoir ovré
gerund		en ovrant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		ovrant
past participle		ovré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	uevre	uevres	uevre	ovrons	ovrez	uevrent
	imperfect	ovroie, ovreie, ovroe, ovreve	ovroies, ovreies, ovroes, ovreves	ovroit, ovreit, ovrot, ovreve	ovriiens, ovriens	ovriiez, ovriez	ovroient, ovreient, ovroent, ovrevent
	preterite	ovrai	ovras	ovra	ovrames	ovrastes	ovrerent
	future	ovrerai	ovreras	ovrera	ovrerons	ovreroiz, ovrereiz, ovrerez	ovreront
	conditional	ovreroie, ovrereie	ovreroies, ovrereies	ovreroit, ovrereit	ovreriiens, ovreriens	ovreriiez, ovreriez	ovreroient, ovrereient
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	uevre	uevres	uevre	ovrons	ovrez	uevrent
	imperfect	ovrasse	ovrasses	ovrast	ovrissons, ovrissiens	ovrissoiz, ovrissez, ovrissiez	ovrassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	uevre	—	ovrons	ovrez	—

Descendants

• French: ouvrer, œuvrer