plevir

Old French

Etymology

Medieval Latin plebio, from Frankish *plegan, related to *plehan (“to be responsible for”). More at English pledge.

Verb

plevir

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

     Si vuel que tu le me plevisses,
     Que tu ne fuies ne ganchisses

     I want you to swear to me
     that you won't flee or try to escape

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		plevir			avoir plevi
gerund		en plevissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		plevissant
past participle		plevi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	plevis	plevis	plevist	plevissons	plevissez	plevissent
	imperfect	plevissoie, plevisseie	plevissoies, plevisseies	plevissoit, plevisseit	plevissiiens, plevissiens	plevissiiez, plevissiez	plevissoient, plevisseient
	preterite	plevi	plevis	plevi	plevimes	plevistes	plevirent
	future	plevirai	pleviras	plevira	plevirons	pleviroiz, plevireiz, plevirez	pleviront
	conditional	pleviroie, plevireie	pleviroies, plevireies	pleviroit, plevireit	pleviriiens, pleviriens	pleviriiez, pleviriez	pleviroient, plevireient
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	plevisse	plevisses	plevisse	plevissons	plevissez	plevissent
	imperfect	plevisse	plevisses	plevist	plevissons, plevissiens	plevissoiz, plevissez, plevissiez	plevissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	plevis	—	plevissons	plevissez	—

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (plevir)