French

Verb

sourdre

1. (formal, impersonal) to well up

Conjugation

• Only used in the third person (singular and plural) of present and imperfect tenses.
  • sourd, sourdent
  • sourdait, sourdaient

Old French

Alternative forms

• surdre (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Latin surgere.

Verb

sourdre

1. to spurt; to gush (as in a liquid)
   • late 12th century, anonymous, La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford, page 394 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 703:

     Mult valt funteine ki ben surt

     A fountain that spurts is very valuable

Descendants

• French: sourdre

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (sourdre)