beivre

Old French

Verb

beivre

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of boivre

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

		simple			compound
infinitive		beivre			aveir beü
gerund		en bevant			gerund of aveir + past participle
present participle		bevant
past participle		beü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	beif	beis	beit	bevons	bevez	beivent
	imperfect	beveie	beveies	beveit	beviiens, beviens	beviiez, beviez	beveient
	preterite	bui	beüs	but	beümes	beüstes	burent
	future	bevrai	bevras	bevra	bevrons	bevreiz, bevrez	bevront
	conditional	bevreie	bevreies	bevreit	bevriiens, bevriens	bevriiez, bevriez	bevreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of aveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of aveir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of aveir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of aveir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of aveir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	beive	beives	beive	bevons	bevez	beivent
	imperfect	beüsse	beüsses	beüst	beüssons, beüssiens	beüsseiz, beüssez, beüssiez	beüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of aveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of aveir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	beif	—	bevons	bevez	—

    Conjugation of beivre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

Derived terms

• bevrage

Noun

beivre oblique singular, m (oblique plural beivres, nominative singular beivres, nominative plural beivre)

1. Alternative form of boivre
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 204, line 2645:

     El beivre fud la nostre mort

     In the drink was our death