eschiver – Old French verb conjugation

Old French verb forms of eschiver

Infinitive

eschiver
avoir eschivé

Gerund

en eschivant

Participles

Presenteschivant
Pasteschivé

Indicative

Present

1st sing.eschif
2nd sing.eschives
3rd sing.eschive
1st plur.eschivons
2nd plur.eschivez
3rd plur.eschivent

Imperfect

1st sing.eschivoie; eschiveie; eschivoe; eschiveve
2nd sing.eschivoies; eschiveies; eschivoes; eschiveves
3rd sing.eschivoit; eschiveit; eschivot; eschiveve
1st plur.eschiviiens; eschiviens
2nd plur.eschiviiez; eschiviez
3rd plur.eschivoient; eschiveient; eschivoent; eschivevent

Preterite

1st sing.eschivai
2nd sing.eschivas
3rd sing.eschiva
1st plur.eschivames
2nd plur.eschivastes
3rd plur.eschiverent

Future

1st sing.eschiverai
2nd sing.eschiveras
3rd sing.eschivera
1st plur.eschiverons
2nd plur.eschiveroiz; eschivereiz; eschiverez
3rd plur.eschiveront

Conditional

1st sing.eschiveroie; eschivereie
2nd sing.eschiveroies; eschivereies
3rd sing.eschiveroit; eschivereit
1st plur.eschiveriiens; eschiveriens
2nd plur.eschiveriiez; eschiveriez
3rd plur.eschiveroient; eschivereient

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.eschif
2nd sing.eschis
3rd sing.eschit
1st plur.eschivons
2nd plur.eschivez
3rd plur.eschivent

Imperfect

1st sing.eschivasse
2nd sing.eschivasses
3rd sing.eschivast
1st plur.eschivissons; eschivissiens
2nd plur.eschivissoiz; eschivissez; eschivissiez
3rd plur.eschivassent

Imperative

2nd sing.eschive
1st plur.eschivons
2nd plur.eschivez

Etymology

From Frankish *skiuhan (“to dread, shun, avoid”).

Verbs referencing "eschiver"

English skive, Italian schivare, Italian schifare, French esquiver, Middle French eschever.

Sample Sentences

  • Et ce ne volsist ele pas.
  • Por ce eschive les max pas "Because he eschewed the bad places" [c. 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette, lines 6669–6670:]
  • 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) [c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci commence le miracle de Théophile:]

Cognates

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