meschever

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Old French

Etymology

mes- +‎ chever.

Verb

meschever

  1. to fail
  2. to make a mistake
  3. to suffer a misfortune

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem meschiev distinct from the unstressed stem meschev. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (meschever)
  • meschever on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)