nagier

Old French

Alternative forms

• nager

Etymology

Reduced form of Latin navigāre, present active infinitive of navigō. Compare also noer (“to swim”).

Verb

nagier

1. (of a boat) to sail; to cross water
   • circa 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire, line 674:

     E l'aneme est notuner, e la nef cors que dait nager

2. to sail (to guide a watercraft)
3. (of a person) to swim
   • circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     Li uns des .ii. homes najoit

     One of the two men was swimming

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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. In addition, g becomes j before an a or an o to keep the /dʒ/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		nagier			avoir nagié
gerund		en najant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		najant
past participle		nagié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	nage	nages	nage	najons	nagiez	nagent
	imperfect	najoie, nageie, najoe, nagieve	najoies, nageies, najoes, nagieves	najoit, nageit, najot, nagieve	nagiiens, nagiens	nagiiez, nagiez	najoient, nageient, najoent, nagievent
	preterite	najai	najas	naja	najames	najastes	nagierent
	future	nagerai	nageras	nagera	nagerons	nageroiz, nagereiz, nagerez	nageront
	conditional	nageroie, nagereie	nageroies, nagereies	nageroit, nagereit	nageriiens, nageriens	nageriiez, nageriez	nageroient, nagereient
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	nage	nages	nage	najons	nagiez	nagent
	imperfect	najasse	najasses	najast	nagissons, nagissiens	nagissoiz, nagissez, nagissiez	najassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	nage	—	najons	nagiez	—

Synonyms

• (to swim): noer

Descendants

• Middle French: nager
  • French: nager
• Walloon: nedjî

References

• “nager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.