Infinitive
dever; devoir; devoire; daver
Participles
| Present | devant |
| Past | du; deu; dew; duw; dieu; dou |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | dai; daie; de; dei; dez; diey; doi |
| 2nd sing. | deis; deiz |
| 3rd sing. | dit; dait; det; deet; dei; deige; deit; deite; dist; doit; doite; doitz |
| 1st plur. | deivom; deum; deums; deviom; devom; devoms; devum; devums; devuns; dewum; doions |
| 2nd plur. | devez; devetz; deviez; deweez |
| 3rd plur. | deient; deivent; deievent; deiount; deivont; deiwent; deuvent; deveint; devent; devient; devoint; dievent; doivent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | devei; deveie; devoie |
| 2nd sing. | deveoies |
| 3rd sing. | devayt; deveit; devoit; deyvoit; dovoit |
| 1st plur. | deveimes |
| 2nd plur. | deveiez |
| 3rd plur. | deveint; deveient; deveiont; devoiant; devoient |
Preterite
| 1st sing. | dui |
| 2nd sing. | deveis |
| 3rd sing. | dust; deust; deva; dout; dut; dute |
| 1st plur. | devoions |
| 2nd plur. | dutes |
| 3rd plur. | durent; dourent |
Future
| 1st sing. | deveerai |
| 2nd sing. | devedras |
| 3rd sing. | devra; devera |
| 1st plur. | deverum |
| 2nd plur. | deverrez |
| 3rd plur. | devront; deveront; devrount; deverount; deverunt; devrunt |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | deierei; devreie |
| 3rd sing. | devreit; devereit; deverit; devroit; deveroit |
| 1st plur. | deveriens; deverions; deverium; deveroioms; deveroismes; devrem; devrium |
| 2nd plur. | devriez; deveroistez |
| 3rd plur. | deusseient; devereint; devereient; devereiount; deverent; deveroient |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | daie; deie; deive |
| 2nd sing. | deies |
| 3rd sing. | deve; deive |
| 1st plur. | devedums |
| 2nd plur. | deiiez |
| 3rd plur. | deveent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | deusse; deuisse; douse; dousse; dusse; duisse; duse |
| 2nd sing. | deusses; douses; dousses |
| 3rd sing. | deist; deut; deust; doust; duisse; duissoit; duit; duist; duse; dust |
| 1st plur. | deussoms; deusseoms; deussons; deusum; dussum; deussum; doussum; duissoms; duissum; dusoms |
| 2nd plur. | deussez; ducez; duissez; duissiez; dusees; dusset; dusez; dussez |
| 3rd plur. | deucent; dussent; deussent; deusunt; deusount; doussent; duissent; dusent; duscent; dusunt; dusount; dusseount; dussont |
Sample Sentences
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Un hom ke gieust en prison e deust grant rançoun
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si nul de la vile achate vins ou autre marchaundise que coustume deyve
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[...] la dette q’il deva au Roi
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viijd d’esterlings queus il li dust pur un toun de vyn
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Pur la fei qui dei Pilate
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touz yceux queus deyvont la venue a la court devant le conestable
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an icele veient les ignoranz, quet il deivent sivre
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Li hom memement En dait prendre esperment
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nul cors ne devreit demurir deseveli
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C’est ausi com il deit
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Saunz plus dyre Devitz vous entendere
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il detient leur vitails dont il deverent vivre
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la bille s’abatist pur ceo qe le baron deveroit aver eu sa bille fait a lui meim
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[...] seynt eglise ne puist faire ceo qe ele devereyt de drayt
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multz des malx aveignent a grantz et petites qi deyvent lour liverees achater
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come en diverses lieux [...] soient edifiez diverses gortes pluis largement [...] q’estre ne duissent
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E.M. [...] comandoit vostre dit povere suppliant q’il deust aler hors du dit esglise
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Par bataille champel, cum deivent champiun, [...]
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ceo avenoit sovent come reson le dovoit
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si celi qi deit le soil se pleyne [...]
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | deve |
| 1st plur. | devedums |
| 2nd plur. | devetz.devitz |
Translations
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1.
to owe
(v.a.)
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2.
to own
(v.a.)
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3.
(+ inf.) to be entitled, have the right (to)
(v.a.)
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4.
to be about to
(v.a.)
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5.
to be intending to
(v.a.)
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6.
to be accustomed to
(v.a.)
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7.
to be supposed to
(v.a.)
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8.
to mean, signify
(v.a.)
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9.
to have significance, be of use
(v.a.)
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10.
(in sbj.impf. indicating futurity) to be presumed to (be, have, have been)
(v.a.)
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1.
to owe
(v.absol.)
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1.
to be incumbent (upon)
(v.impers.)