meschever

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.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		meschever			avoir meschevé
gerund		en meschevant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		meschevant
past participle		meschevé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	meschief	meschieves	meschieve	meschevons	meschevez	meschievent
	imperfect	meschevoie, mescheveie, meschevoe, mescheveve	meschevoies, mescheveies, meschevoes, mescheveves	meschevoit, mescheveit, meschevot, mescheveve	mescheviiens, mescheviens	mescheviiez, mescheviez	meschevoient, mescheveient, meschevoent, meschevevent
	preterite	meschevai	meschevas	mescheva	meschevames	meschevastes	mescheverent
	future	mescheverai	mescheveras	meschevera	mescheverons	mescheveroiz, meschevereiz, mescheverez	mescheveront
	conditional	mescheveroie, meschevereie	mescheveroies, meschevereies	mescheveroit, meschevereit	mescheveriiens, mescheveriens	mescheveriiez, mescheveriez	mescheveroient, meschevereient
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	meschief	meschies	meschiet	meschevons	meschevez	meschievent
	imperfect	meschevasse	meschevasses	meschevast	meschevissons, meschevissiens	meschevissoiz, meschevissez, meschevissiez	meschevassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	meschieve	—	meschevons	meschevez	—

References

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