agaitier

Old French

Etymology

a- +‎ gaitier, itself from Frankish *wahtwēn (“to keep watch”).

Verb

agaitier

  1. to watch; to survey; to keep watch.
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 52, lines 172–3:
      Amie Yseut, car esvelliez!
      Par engien somes agaitiez.
      Ysolt, my friend, wake up!
      By trickery we have been spied upon.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of agaitier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive agaitier avoir agaitié
gerund en agaitant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle agaitant
past participle agaitié
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present agait agaites agaite agaitons agaitiez agaitent
imperfect agaitoie, agaiteie, agaitoe, agaitieve agaitoies, agaiteies, agaitoes, agaitieves agaitoit, agaiteit, agaitot, agaitieve agaitiiens, agaitiens agaitiiez, agaitiez agaitoient, agaiteient, agaitoent, agaitievent
preterite agaitai agaitas agaita agaitames agaitastes agaitierent
future agaiterai agaiteras agaitera agaiterons agaiteroiz, agaitereiz, agaiterez agaiteront
conditional agaiteroie, agaitereie agaiteroies, agaitereies agaiteroit, agaitereit agaiteriiens, agaiteriens agaiteriiez, agaiteriez agaiteroient, agaitereient
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 agait agaiz agait agaitons agaitiez agaitent
imperfect agaitasse agaitasses agaitast agaitissons, agaitissiens agaitissoiz, agaitissez, agaitissiez agaitassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— agaite — agaitons agaitiez —

Descendants
  • → English: await (via the variant awaitier)

References
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