weyver
Old French
editEtymology
editOld Northern French, of North Germanic origin, from or related to Old Norse veifa (“to swing about, wave”).
Noun
editweyver oblique singular, m (oblique plural weyvers, nominative singular weyvers, nominative plural weyver)
Verb
editweyver
- (law) to waive; to relinquish; to forgo
Conjugation
editThis verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of weyver (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | weyver | avoir weyvé | |||||
gerund | en weyvant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | weyvant | ||||||
past participle | weyvé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | weyf | weyves | weyve | weyvons | weyvez | weyvent |
imperfect | weyvoie, weyveie, weyvoe, weyveve | weyvoies, weyveies, weyvoes, weyveves | weyvoit, weyveit, weyvot, weyveve | weyviiens, weyviens | weyviiez, weyviez | weyvoient, weyveient, weyvoent, weyvevent | |
preterite | weyvai | weyvas | weyva | weyvames | weyvastes | weyverent | |
future | weyverai | weyveras | weyvera | weyverons | weyveroiz, weyvereiz, weyverez | weyveront | |
conditional | weyveroie, weyvereie | weyveroies, weyvereies | weyveroit, weyvereit | weyveriiens, weyveriens | weyveriiez, weyveriez | weyveroient, weyvereient | |
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 | weyf | weys | weyt | weyvons | weyvez | weyvent |
imperfect | weyvasse | weyvasses | weyvast | weyvissons, weyvissiens | weyvissoiz, weyvissez, weyvissiez | weyvassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | weyve | — | weyvons | weyvez | — |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- waiver on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “waive”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Categories:
- Old French terms derived from Old Northern French
- Old French terms derived from North Germanic languages
- Old French terms derived from Old Norse
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
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- Old French verbs
- Old French verbs with weak-a preterite
- Old French first group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -er