beivre
Old French
Verb
beivre
- (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of boivre
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 beivre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | beivre | aveir beü | |||||
| gerund | en bevant | gerund of aveir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | bevant | ||||||
| past participle | beü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | beif | beis | beit | bevons | bevez | beivent |
| imperfect | beveie | beveies | beveit | beviiens, beviens | beviiez, beviez | beveient | |
| preterite | bui | beüs | but | beümes | beüstes | burent | |
| future | bevrai | bevras | bevra | bevrons | bevreiz, bevrez | bevront | |
| conditional | bevreie | bevreies | bevreit | bevriiens, bevriens | bevriiez, bevriez | bevreient | |
| 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 | beive | beives | beive | bevons | bevez | beivent |
| imperfect | beüsse | beüsses | beüst | beüssons, beüssiens | beüsseiz, beüssez, beüssiez | beüssent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of aveir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of aveir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | beif | — | bevons | bevez | — | ||
Derived terms
Noun
beivre oblique singular, m (oblique plural beivres, nominative singular beivres, nominative plural beivre)
- alternative form of boivre
- c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 204, line 2645:
- El beivre fud la nostre mort
- In the drink was our death