sozlever

Old French

Verb

sozlever

1. to lift; to lift up
   • c. 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Et molt l’an poise et molt l’an grieve,
     Mes joie le cuer li sozlieve

     It saddened him greatly
     But joy lifted his spirits

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem sozliev distinct from the unstressed stem sozlev. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		sozlever			avoir sozlevé
gerund		en sozlevant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		sozlevant
past participle		sozlevé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	sozlief	sozlieves	sozlieve	sozlevons	sozlevez	sozlievent
	imperfect	sozlevoie, sozleveie, sozlevoe, sozleveve	sozlevoies, sozleveies, sozlevoes, sozleveves	sozlevoit, sozleveit, sozlevot, sozleveve	sozleviiens, sozleviens	sozleviiez, sozleviez	sozlevoient, sozleveient, sozlevoent, sozlevevent
	preterite	sozlevai	sozlevas	sozleva	sozlevames	sozlevastes	sozleverent
	future	sozleverai	sozleveras	sozlevera	sozleverons	sozleveroiz, sozlevereiz, sozleverez	sozleveront
	conditional	sozleveroie, sozlevereie	sozleveroies, sozlevereies	sozleveroit, sozlevereit	sozleveriiens, sozleveriens	sozleveriiez, sozleveriez	sozleveroient, sozlevereient
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	sozlief	sozlies	sozliet	sozlevons	sozlevez	sozlievent
	imperfect	sozlevasse	sozlevasses	sozlevast	sozlevissons, sozlevissiens	sozlevissoiz, sozlevissez, sozlevissiez	sozlevassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	sozlieve	—	sozlevons	sozlevez	—

Related terms

• lever
• eslever
• relever

Descendants

• French: soulever