sorveir

Old French

Alternative forms

• sorveeir, sorveoir, sorvoir

Etymology

sor (“upon, over”) +‎ veir (“to see”).

Verb

sorveir

1. to survey; to examine visually
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Li Normanz voldrent sorveir

     The Normans wanted to survey [the land]

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, 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 sorveir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		sorveir			aveir sorveü, sorvis
gerund		en sorveant, sorveiant			gerund of aveir + past participle
present participle		sorveant, sorveiant
past participle		sorveü, sorvis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	sorvei	sorveiz	sorveit	sorveons	sorveez	sorveient
	imperfect	sorveeie	sorveeies	sorveeit	sorveïiens, sorveïens	sorveïiez, sorveïez	sorveeient
	preterite	sorvi	sorveïs	sorvit	sorveïmes	sorveïstes	sorvirent
	future	sorverai	sorveras	sorvera	sorverons	sorvereiz, sorverez	sorveront
	conditional	sorvereie	sorvereies	sorvereit	sorveriiens, sorveriens	sorveriiez, sorveriez	sorvereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of aveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of aveir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of aveir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of aveir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of aveir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	sorveie	sorveies	sorveie	sorveons, sorveiiens, sorveions	sorveez, sorveiiez	sorveient
	imperfect	sorveïsse	sorveïsses	sorveïst	sorveïssons, sorveïssiens	sorveïsseiz, sorveïssez, sorveïssiez	sorveïssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of aveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of aveir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	sorvei	—	sorveons	sorveez, sorvez	—

Descendants

• → English: survey