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eschiver
eschiver
Old French
Verb
eschiver
- to escape; to flee
- circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette, line 6669-6670:
- Et ce ne volsist ele pas.
Por ce eschive les max pas
- Et ce ne volsist ele pas.
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- to avoid
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci commence le miracle de Théophile:
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Mes il s'est en si haut leu mis
Por eschiver ses anemis- But he's put himself in such a high place
to avoid his enemies
- But he's put himself in such a high place
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Mes il s'est en si haut leu mis
-
- to refuse to deny
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 eschiver (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | eschiver | avoir eschivé | |||||
| gerund | en eschivant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | eschivant | ||||||
| past participle | eschivé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | eschif | eschives | eschive | eschivons | eschivez | eschivent |
| imperfect | eschivoie, eschiveie, eschivoe, eschiveve | eschivoies, eschiveies, eschivoes, eschiveves | eschivoit, eschiveit, eschivot, eschiveve | eschiviiens, eschiviens | eschiviiez, eschiviez | eschivoient, eschiveient, eschivoent, eschivevent | |
| preterite | eschivai | eschivas | eschiva | eschivames | eschivastes | eschiverent | |
| future | eschiverai | eschiveras | eschivera | eschiverons | eschiveroiz, eschivereiz, eschiverez | eschiveront | |
| conditional | eschiveroie, eschivereie | eschiveroies, eschivereies | eschiveroit, eschivereit | eschiveriiens, eschiveriens | eschiveriiez, eschiveriez | eschiveroient, eschivereient | |
| 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 | eschif | eschis | eschit | eschivons | eschivez | eschivent |
| imperfect | eschivasse | eschivasses | eschivast | eschivissons, eschivissiens | eschivissoiz, eschivissez, eschivissiez | eschivassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | eschive | — | eschivons | eschivez | — | ||
Related terms
- eschivance
- eschivable
- eschivee
- eschivement
Descendants
- English: eschew (borrowed)
- French: esquiver
- Italian: schifare, schivare (borrowed)
- Spanish: esquivar (borrowed)
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (eschiver)