surveyen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• servay, survey, surveye

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sourveoir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /surˈvɛi̯ən/

Verb

surveyen

1. (rare, Late Middle English) To examine carefully; to oversee.

Conjugation

Conjugation of surveyen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) surveyen, surveye
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	surveye	surveyed
2nd-person singular	surveyest	surveyedest
3rd-person singular	surveyeth	surveyed
subjunctive singular	surveye
imperative singular		—
plural1	surveyen, surveye	surveyeden, surveyede
imperative plural	surveyeth, surveye	—
participles	surveyynge, surveyende	surveyed, ysurveyed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

• surveyour

Descendants

• English: survey

References

• “surveien, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.