mesfaire

mesfaire

Old French

Alternative forms

• mesfere

Etymology

mes- +‎ faire.

Verb

mesfaire

1. to do wrong; to do evil
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     A vos ne mesferoit il mie.

     He would not do wrong unto you.

   • circa 1250, Marie de France, Lanval

     Vassal, vus m'avez mult mesfait!

     Vassal, you have betrayed me!

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of mesfaire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mesfaire			avoir mesfait
gerund		en mesfaisant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		mesfaisant
past participle		mesfait
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	mesfaz, mesfai	mesfais	mesfait	mesfaimes, mesfaisons	mesfaites	mesfont
	imperfect	mesfaisoie, mesfaiseie	mesfaisoies, mesfaiseies	mesfaisoit, mesfaiseit	mesfaisiiens, mesfaisiens	mesfaisiiez, mesfaisiez	mesfaisoient, mesfaiseient
	preterite	mesfis	mesfeṣis	mesfist	mesfeṣimes	mesfeṣistes	mesfirent
	future	mesferai	mesferas	mesfera	mesferons	mesferoiz, mesfereiz, mesferez	mesferont
	conditional	mesferoie, mesfereie	mesferoies, mesfereies	mesferoit, mesfereit	mesferiiens, mesferiens	mesferiiez, mesferiez	mesferoient, mesfereient
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	mesface	mesfaces	mesface	mesfaciens, mesfaçons	mesfaciez	mesfacent
	imperfect	mesfeṣisse	mesfeṣisses	mesfeṣist	mesfeṣissons, mesfeṣissiens	mesfeṣissoiz, mesfeṣissez, mesfeṣissiez	mesfeṣissent
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	–
		—	mesfa	—	mesfaimes, mesfaisons	mesfaites	—

Related terms

• mesfait

Descendants

• French: méfaire