covrir

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Latin cooperīre.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kuˈvɾiɾ/

    Verb

    covrir

    1. to cover
      • Si vos pri jo molt del covrir, que nuls nel sace avant de nos. (Tristan, Thomas of Britain, probably 13th century)
        May I ask that you cover it, for that no man know it but us.

    Conjugation

    This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem cuevr distinct from the unstressed stem covr, 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 covrir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
    simple compound
    infinitive covrir avoir covert, covri
    gerund en covrant gerund of avoir + past participle
    present participle covrant
    past participle covert, covri
    person singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative jo tu il nos vos il
    simple
    tenses     		present cuevre cuevres cuevre covrons covrez cuevrent
    imperfect covroie, covreie covroies, covreies covroit, covreit covriiens, covriens covriiez, covriez covroient, covreient
    preterite covri covris covri covrimes covristes covrirent
    future covrerai covreras covrera covrerons covreroiz, covrereiz, covrerez covreront
    conditional covreroie, covrereie covreroies, covrereies covreroit, covrereit covreriiens, covreriens covreriiez, covreriez covreroient, covrereient
    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 cuevre cuevres cuevre covrons covrez cuevrent
    imperfect covrisse covrisses covrist covrissons, covrissiens covrissoiz, covrissez, covrissiez covrissent
    compound
    tenses     		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nos vos –
    — cuevre — covrons covrez —

    Descendants

    • French: couvrir
    • → Middle English: coveren, covren, curen, keveren

    References

    • “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 152
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