veir

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See also: véir

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French vair, from Latin varius (“variegated”).

Pronunciation

Noun

veir (plural veyres)

  1. vair (squirrel fur)
  2. vair clothing
  3. (rare) weasel, stoat

Descendants

  • English: vair
  • Scots: vair (obsolete)
  • Yola: vier, wyer, vierd

References

Norman

Etymology

From Old French vëoir, from Latin videō, vidēre, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”).

Pronunciation

Verb

veir

  1. to see
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 517:
      Il est niais coume Dadais qui tâte l'iaue pour vée s'a bouit.
      He is as stupid as Dadais who puts his hand into the water to see if it is boiling.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of the verb « veir » in Norman
infinitive veir
gerund veyant
auxiliary aveir1
past participle masculine feminine
singular veu veue
plural veus veues
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative je (j') tu (t') il, alle,
nos 		je
(nos) 		vos il, alles
present veis veis veit veyoms veyez veient
imperfect veyeis veyeis veyeit veyioms veyiez veyeient
preterite veus veus veut veûmes veûtes veûtrent
future verrai verras verra verroms verrez verront
conditional verreis verreis verreit verrioms verriez verreient
subjunctive que je (j') que te (t') qu'il, qu'alle,
que nos 		que je
(que nos) 		que vos qu'il, qu'alles
present veie veies veie veyioms veyiez veient
imperfect veusse veusses veût
veusse 		veussioms veussiez veussent
imperative — tu — je
(nos) 		vos —
veis veyoms veyez
1Used with past participles.

Old French

Verb

veir

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative infinitive of veoir

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.

    Conjugation of veir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive veir aveir veü, vis
gerund en veant, veiant gerund of aveir + past participle
present participle veant, veiant
past participle veü, vis
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present vei veiz veit veons veez veient
imperfect veeie veeies veeit veïiens, veïens veïiez, veïez veeient
preterite vi veïs vit veïmes veïstes virent
future verai veras vera verons vereiz, verez veront
conditional vereie vereies vereit veriiens, veriens veriiez, veriez vereient
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 veie veies veie veons, veiiens, veions veez, veiiez veient
imperfect veïsse veïsses veïst veïssons, veïssiens veïsseiz, veïssez, veïssiez veïssent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of aveir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of aveir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— vei — veons veez, vez —

Noun

veir oblique singular, m (oblique plural veirs, nominative singular veirs, nominative plural veir)

  1. Alternative form of vair (fur of a squirrel)

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin videō, vidēre.

Verb

veir

  1. (Surmiran) to look
  2. (Surmiran) to see
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