agaitier
Old French
Etymology
a- + gaitier, itself from Frankish.
Verb
agaitier
- to watch; to survey; to keep watch.
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 52 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, lines 172-3:
- Amie Yseut, car esvelliez!
Par engien somes agaitiez.- Ysolt, my friend, wake up!
By trickery we have been spied upon.
- Ysolt, my friend, wake up!
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of agaitier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | agaitier | avoir agaitié | |||||
| gerund | en agaitant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | agaitant | ||||||
| past participle | agaitié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | agait | agaites | agaite | agaitons | agaitiez | agaitent |
| imperfect | agaitoie, agaiteie, agaitoe, agaitieve | agaitoies, agaiteies, agaitoes, agaitieves | agaitoit, agaiteit, agaitot, agaitieve | agaitiiens, agaitiens | agaitiiez, agaitiez | agaitoient, agaiteient, agaitoent, agaitievent | |
| preterite | agaitai | agaitas | agaita | agaitames | agaitastes | agaitierent | |
| future | agaiterai | agaiteras | agaitera | agaiterons | agaiteroiz, agaitereiz, agaiterez | agaiteront | |
| conditional | agaiteroie, agaitereie | agaiteroies, agaitereies | agaiteroit, agaitereit | agaiteriiens, agaiteriens | agaiteriiez, agaiteriez | agaiteroient, agaitereient | |
| 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 | agait | agaiz | agait | agaitons | agaitiez | agaitent |
| imperfect | agaitasse | agaitasses | agaitast | agaitissons, agaitissiens | agaitissoiz, agaitissez, agaitissiez | agaitassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | agaite | — | agaitons | agaitiez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: await (borrowed) (via the variant awaitier)
References
- agaitier on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub