agaitier

Old French

Etymology

a- +‎ gaitier, itself from Frankish *wahtwēn (“to keep watch”).

Verb

agaitier

1. to watch; to survey; to keep watch.
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 52, lines 172–3:

     Amie Yseut, car esvelliez!
     Par engien somes agaitiez.

     Ysolt, my friend, wake up!
     By trickery we have been spied upon.

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. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		agaitier			avoir agaitié
gerund		en agaitant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		agaitant
past participle		agaitié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	agait	agaites	agaite	agaitons	agaitiez	agaitent
	imperfect	agaitoie, agaiteie, agaitoe, agaitieve	agaitoies, agaiteies, agaitoes, agaitieves	agaitoit, agaiteit, agaitot, agaitieve	agaitiiens, agaitiens	agaitiiez, agaitiez	agaitoient, agaiteient, agaitoent, agaitievent
	preterite	agaitai	agaitas	agaita	agaitames	agaitastes	agaitierent
	future	agaiterai	agaiteras	agaitera	agaiterons	agaiteroiz, agaitereiz, agaiterez	agaiteront
	conditional	agaiteroie, agaitereie	agaiteroies, agaitereies	agaiteroit, agaitereit	agaiteriiens, agaiteriens	agaiteriiez, agaiteriez	agaiteroient, agaitereient
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	agait	agaiz	agait	agaitons	agaitiez	agaitent
	imperfect	agaitasse	agaitasses	agaitast	agaitissons, agaitissiens	agaitissoiz, agaitissez, agaitissiez	agaitassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	agaite	—	agaitons	agaitiez	—

Descendants

• → English: await (via the variant awaitier)

References

• agaitier on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub