veir
See also: véir
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French vair, from Latin varius.
Pronunciation
Noun
veir (plural veyres)
Descendants
References
- “veir (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-5.
Norman
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French vëoir, from Latin videō, vidēre, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”).
Verb
veir
Old French
Verb
veir
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem voi distinct from the unstressed stem ve, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of veir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | veir | avoir veü, vis | |||||
gerund | en veant, voiant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | veant, voiant | ||||||
past participle | veü, vis | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | voi | voiz | voit | veons | veez | voient |
imperfect | veoie, veeie | veoies, veeies | veoit, veeit | veïiens, veïens | veïiez, veïez | veoient, veeient | |
preterite | vi | veïs | vit | veïmes | veïstes | virent | |
future | verai | veras | vera | verons | veroiz, vereiz, verez | veront | |
conditional | veroie, vereie | veroies, vereies | veroit, vereit | veriiens, veriens | veriiez, veriez | veroient, vereient | |
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 | voie | voies | voie | veons, voiiens, voions | veez, voiiez | voient |
imperfect | veïsse | veïsses | veïst | veïssons, veïssiens | veïssoiz, veïssez, veïssiez | veïssent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | voi | — | veons | veez, vez | — |
Noun
veir oblique singular, m (oblique plural veirs, nominative singular veirs, nominative plural veir)
- Alternative form of vair (fur of a squirrel)
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
- Un mantel ot par ses espaules
D'escarlate et de veir antier.- He had a coat over his shoulders
Made from scarlet and vair.
- He had a coat over his shoulders
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun) vesair
- (Sursilvan) veser
- (Sutsilvan) vaser
- (Puter) vzair, vair
- (Vallader) verer
Etymology
From Latin videō, vidēre.
Verb
veir
Categories:
- Middle English terms borrowed from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Latin
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- enm:Clothing
- enm:Hides
- Norman terms inherited from Old French
- Norman terms derived from Old French
- Norman terms inherited from Latin
- Norman terms derived from Latin
- Norman terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norman lemmas
- Norman verbs
- Guernsey Norman
- nrf:Vision
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Anglo-Norman
- Old French verbs with stem alternations
- Old French verbs with strong-i preterite
- Old French third group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -ir
- Old French irregular verbs
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
- Old French terms with quotations
- Romansch terms inherited from Latin
- Romansch terms derived from Latin
- Romansch lemmas
- Romansch verbs
- Surmiran Romansch
- rm:Vision