sivre

Old French

Alternative forms

• segre
• seure
• siure
• sivir
• siuvre
• suer
• suivre
• siwre

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sequere, from Latin sequor, sequī.

Verb

sivre

1. to follow
   • c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     einz me sivrez a pié et nue

     thus you will follow me on foot and naked

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem siu distinct from the unstressed stem sev, 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 sivre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		sivre			avoir sivi, seü
gerund		en sevant, sivant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		sevant, sivant
past participle		sivi, seü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	siu	sius	siut	sevons, sivons	sevez, sivez	sivent, siuent
	imperfect	sevoie, seveie, sivoie, siveie	sevoies, seveies, sivoies, siveies	sevoit, seveit, sivoit, siveit	seviiens, seviens, siviiens, siviens	seviiez, seviez, siviiez, siviez	sevoient, seveient, sivoient, siveient
	preterite	sivi, sui	sivis, seüs	sivié, sut	sivimes, seümes	sivistes, seüstes	sivierent, surent
	future	sevrai, sivrai, siurai	sevras, sivras, siuras	sevra, sivra, siura	sevrons, sivrons, siurons	sevroiz, sevreiz, sevrez, sivroiz, sivreiz, sivrez, siuroiz, siureiz, siurez	sevront, sivront, siuront
	conditional	sevroie, sevreie, sivroie, sivreie, siuroie, siureie	sevroies, sevreies, sivroies, sivreies, siuroies, siureies	sevroit, sevreit, sivroit, sivreit, siuroit, siureit	sevriiens, sevriens, sivriiens, sivriens, siuriiens, siuriens	sevriiez, sevriez, sivriiez, sivriez, siuriiez, siuriez	sevroient, sevreient, sivroient, sivreient, siuroient, siureient
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	sive, siue	sives, siues	sive, siue	sevons, sivons	sevez, sivez	sivent, siuent
	imperfect	sivisse, seüsse	sivisses, seüsses	sivist, seüst	sivissons, sivissiens, seüssons, seüssiens	sivissoiz, sivissez, sivissiez, seüssoiz, seüssez, seüssiez	sivissent, seüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	siu	—	sevons, sivons	sevez, sivez	—

Related terms

• porsuir
• sivant
• suite
• suytour

Descendants

• Angevin: sieudre
• Bourguignon: seugre
• → English: sue
• Gallo: sieude
• Middle French: suyvre
  • French: suivre
• Norman: sieuvre, suure
• Picard: suire
• Walloon: shuve

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (sivre, supplement)
• sivre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub