veir

Middle English

Alternative forms

feir, vair, vaire, veire, ver, voir, ware

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French vair, from Latin varius (“variegated”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /væi̯r/

Noun

veir (plural veyres)

Descendants

English: vair
Scots: vair (obsolete)
Yola: vier, wyer, vierd

References

“veir, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-5.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French vëoir, from Latin videō, vidēre, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɛ/
(Pays de Caux, Rouen) IPA^(key): /ve/
(Jersey) IPA^(key): /vɛə/

Verb

veir

to see
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 517:
  Il est niais coume Dadais qui tâte l'iaue pour vée s'a bouit.
  He is as stupid as Dadais who puts his hand into the water to see if it is boiling.

Conjugation

Conjugation of the verb « veir » in Norman

		singular			plural
infinitive			veir
gerund			veyant
auxiliary			aveir¹
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		veu		veue
		plural		veus		veues
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j')	tu (t')	il, alle, nos	je (nos)	vos	il, alles
	present	veis	veis	veit	veyoms	veyez	veient
	imperfect	veyeis	veyeis	veyeit	veyioms	veyiez	veyeient
	preterite	veus	veus	veut	veûmes	veûtes	veûtrent
	future	verrai	verras	verra	verroms	verrez	verront
	conditional	verreis	verreis	verreit	verrioms	verriez	verreient

subjunctive		que je (j')	que te (t')	qu'il, qu'alle, que nos	que je (que nos)	que vos	qu'il, qu'alles
	present	veie	veies	veie	veyioms	veyiez	veient
	imperfect	veusse	veusses	veût veusse	veussioms	veussiez	veussent

imperative		—	tu	—	je (nos)	vos	—
imperative			veis		veyoms	veyez
¹Used with past participles.

Old French

Verb

veir

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative infinitive of veoir

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 veir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		veir			aveir veü, vis
gerund		en veant, veiant			gerund of aveir + past participle
present participle		veant, veiant
past participle		veü, vis
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	vei	veiz	veit	veons	veez	veient
	imperfect	veeie	veeies	veeit	veïiens, veïens	veïiez, veïez	veeient
	preterite	vi	veïs	vit	veïmes	veïstes	virent
	future	verai	veras	vera	verons	vereiz, verez	veront
	conditional	vereie	vereies	vereit	veriiens, veriens	veriiez, veriez	vereient
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	veie	veies	veie	veons, veiiens, veions	veez, veiiez	veient
simple tenses	imperfect	veïsse	veïsses	veïst	veïssons, veïssiens	veïsseiz, veïssez, veïssiez	veïssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of aveir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of aveir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	vei	—	veons	veez, vez	—

Noun

veir oblique singular, m (oblique plural veirs, nominative singular veirs, nominative plural veir)

Alternative form of vair (fur of a squirrel)
- c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
  Un mantel ot par ses espaules
  D'escarlate et de veir antier.
  He had a coat over his shoulders
  Made from scarlet and vair.

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin videō, vidēre.

Verb

veir

(Surmiran) to look
(Surmiran) to see