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voleir
voleir
Old French
Verb
voleir
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of voloir
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem vuel distinct from the unstressed stem vol, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of voleir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | voleir | aveir volu | |||||
| gerund | en volant, voillant, vueillant | Use the gerund of aveir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | volant, voillant, vueillant | ||||||
| past participle | volu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | voil, vueil, vuel | vueus, vues | vueut, vuet | volons | volez | vuelent, volent |
| imperfect | voleie | voleies | voleit | voliiens, voliens | voliiez, voliez | voleient | |
| preterite | voil, vol, vous, voli, vousi | volis, vousis | vout, voust, voli, vousi | volimes, vousimes | volistes, vousistes | voudrent, volrent, voustrent, volirent, vousirent | |
| future | voudrai | voudras | voudra | voudrons | voudreiz, voudrez | voudront | |
| conditional | voudreie | voudreies | voudreit | voudriiens, voudriens | voudriiez, voudriez | voudreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of aveir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | vueille | vueilles | vueille | voilliens, voillons, vueilliens, vueillons | voilliez, vueilliez | vueillent |
| imperfect | volisse, vousisse | volisses, vousisses | volist, vousist | volissons, volissiens, vousissons, vousissiens | volisseiz, volissez, volissiez, vousisseiz, vousissez, vousissiez | volissent, vousissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of aveir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | vueilles | — | vueilliens, vueillons | vueilliez | — | ||
Noun
voleir m (oblique plural voleirs, nominative singular voleirs, nominative plural voleir)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of voloir
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 60 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 282:
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vers mei avez molt buen voleir
- towards me, you have a very good will
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vers mei avez molt buen voleir
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