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boivre
boivre
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
boivre
- to drink
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem boiv distinct from the unstressed stem bev, 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 boivre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | boivre | avoir beü | |||||
| gerund | en bevant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | boif | bois | boit | bevons | bevez | boivent |
| imperfect | bevoie, beveie | bevoies, beveies | bevoit, beveit | beviiens, beviens | beviiez, beviez | bevoient, beveient | |
| preterite | bui | beüs | but | beümes | beüstes | burent | |
| future | bevrai | bevras | bevra | bevrons | bevroiz, bevreiz, bevrez | bevront | |
| conditional | bevroie, bevreie | bevroies, bevreies | bevroit, bevreit | bevriiens, bevriens | bevriiez, bevriez | bevroient, bevreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | boive | boives | boive | bevons | bevez | boivent |
| imperfect | beüsse | beüsses | beüst | beüssons, beüssiens | beüssoiz, beüssez, beüssiez | beüssent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | boif | — | bevons | bevez | — | ||
Descendants
Noun
boivre m (oblique plural boivres, nominative singular boivres, nominative plural boivre)
- a drink
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 204 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 2645:
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El beivre fud la nostre mort
- In the drink was our death
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El beivre fud la nostre mort
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