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meschever
meschever
Old French
Verb
meschever
- to fail
- to make a mistake
- to suffer a misfortune
Conjugation
This 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 meschever (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | meschever | avoir meschevé | |||||
| gerund | en meschevant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | meschevant | ||||||
| past participle | meschevé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | meschef | mescheves | mescheve | meschevons | meschevez | meschevent |
| imperfect | meschevoie, mescheveie, meschevoe, mescheveve | meschevoies, mescheveies, meschevoes, mescheveves | meschevoit, mescheveit, meschevot, mescheveve | mescheviiens, mescheviens | mescheviiez, mescheviez | meschevoient, mescheveient, meschevoent, meschevevent | |
| preterite | meschevai | meschevas | mescheva | meschevames | meschevastes | mescheverent | |
| future | mescheverai | mescheveras | meschevera | mescheverons | mescheveroiz, meschevereiz, mescheverez | mescheveront | |
| conditional | mescheveroie, meschevereie | mescheveroies, meschevereies | mescheveroit, meschevereit | mescheveriiens, mescheveriens | mescheveriiez, mescheveriez | mescheveroient, meschevereient | |
| 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 | meschef | mesches | meschet | meschevons | meschevez | meschevent |
| imperfect | meschevasse | meschevasses | meschevast | meschevissons, meschevissiens | meschevissoiz, meschevissez, meschevissiez | meschevassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | mescheve | — | meschevons | meschevez | — | ||
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (meschever)
- meschever on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)