sourveoir

Old French

Etymology

From Latin supervideō, from super + videō.

Verb

sourveoir

1. to oversee; to survey

Conjugation

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		sourveoir			avoir sourveü, sourvis
gerund		en sourveant, sourvoiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		sourveant, sourvoiant
past participle		sourveü, sourvis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	sourvoi	sourvoiz	sourvoit	sourveons	sourveez	sourvoient
	imperfect	sourveoie, sourveeie	sourveoies, sourveeies	sourveoit, sourveeit	sourveïiens, sourveïens	sourveïiez, sourveïez	sourveoient, sourveeient
	preterite	sourvi	sourveïs	sourvit	sourveïmes	sourveïstes	sourvirent
	future	sourverai	sourveras	sourvera	sourverons	sourveroiz, sourvereiz, sourverez	sourveront
	conditional	sourveroie, sourvereie	sourveroies, sourvereies	sourveroit, sourvereit	sourveriiens, sourveriens	sourveriiez, sourveriez	sourveroient, sourvereient
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	sourvoie	sourvoies	sourvoie	sourveons, sourvoiiens, sourvoions	sourveez, sourvoiiez	sourvoient
	imperfect	sourveïsse	sourveïsses	sourveïst	sourveïssons, sourveïssiens	sourveïssoiz, sourveïssez, sourveïssiez	sourveïssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	sourvoi	—	sourveons	sourveez, sourvez	—

Descendants

• Middle English: surveyen, servay, survey, surveye
  • English: survey
• Middle French: surveoir, survoir

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (sourveoir) (includes a long list of alternative forms)