guier

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *wītan, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną. More at wite and wit.

Verb

guier

1. to guide
   • circa 1050, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland (Oxford manuscript)

     Richard li velz les guierat el camp

     Richard the Old will guide them into the battlefield

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

		simple			compound
infinitive		guier			avoir guié
gerund		en guiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		guiant
past participle		guié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	gui	guies	guie	guions	guiez	guient
	imperfect	guioie, guieie, guioe, guieve	guioies, guieies, guioes, guieves	guioit, guieit, guiot, guieve	guiiiens, guiiens	guiiiez, guiiez	guioient, guieient, guioent, guievent
	preterite	guiai	guias	guia	guiames	guiastes	guierent
	future	guierai	guieras	guiera	guierons	guieroiz, guiereiz, guierez	guieront
	conditional	guieroie, guiereie	guieroies, guiereies	guieroit, guiereit	guieriiens, guieriens	guieriiez, guieriez	guieroient, guiereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	gui	guis	guit	guions	guiez	guient
	imperfect	guiasse	guiasses	guiast	guiissons, guiissiens	guiissoiz, guiissez, guiissiez	guiassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	guie	—	guions	guiez	—

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

References

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