Infinitive
saven; to saven; save
Participles
| Present | savynge; savende |
| Past | saved; ysaved |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | save |
| 2nd sing. | savest |
| 3rd sing. | saveth |
| 1st plur. | saven; save; saveth |
| 2nd plur. | saven; save; saveth |
| 3rd plur. | saven; save; saveth |
Past
| 1st sing. | saved; savede |
| 2nd sing. | savedest |
| 3rd sing. | saved; savede |
| 1st plur. | saveden; saved; savede |
| 2nd plur. | saveden; saved; savede |
| 3rd plur. | saveden; saved; savede |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | save |
| 2nd sing. | save |
| 3rd sing. | save |
Past
| 1st sing. | saved; savede |
| 2nd sing. | saved; savede |
| 3rd sing. | saved; savede |
Imperative
| Singular | save |
| Plural | saveth; save |
Verbs conjugated like saven
syflen,
seisen,
cristenen,
snyten,
snowen,
snewen,
saucen,
sarsen,
whelven,
whelpen,
whelmen,
smoren,
smaken,
sliken,
sotten,
solven,
skyren,
bekenen,
beteren,
bewrien, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French salver, sauver, from Latin salvō, salvāre; equivalent to sauf (“safe”) + -en (infinitival suffix). See: Old French '
salver', Latin '
salvo'.
Verbs referencing "saven"
English
save, Scots Gaelic
sàbhail, Irish
sábháil.
Sample Sentences
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foꝛ ſoþe ſire quaþ aliſaundrine ⁊ · to ſaue ȝour mensk / i wol ȝou telle tiȝtly · what turn ſche as wꝛouȝt[…] ("Truthfully, sir" said Alexandrine, "to save your honour, I'll tell you all about the thing she's done […]) [c. 1335-1361, William of Palerne (MS. King's College 13), folio 34, recto, lines 2028-2029; republished as W. W. Skeat, editor, The Romance of William of Palerne, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1867, →OCLC, page 70:]
Cognates
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