movoir

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin movēre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /muˈvoi̯ɾ/

Verb

movoir

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to move
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
      Item tu dois scavoir que les humeurs grosses se meuvent plus de nuit pour la forte chaleur
      Also you must know that the thick humors move more at night because of the strong heat
  2. to cause, set in motion
  3. to move, introduce (an argument, etc.)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem muev distinct from the unstressed stem mov, 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 movoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive movoir avoir meü, meu
gerund en movant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle movant
past participle meü, meu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present muef mues muet movons movez muevent
imperfect movoie, moveie movoies, moveies movoit, moveit moviiens, moviens moviiez, moviez movoient, moveient
preterite mui meüs mut meümes meüstes murent
future movrai movras movra movrons movroiz, movreiz, movrez movront
conditional movroie, movreie movroies, movreies movroit, movreit movriiens, movriens movriiez, movriez movroient, movreient
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 mueve mueves mueve movons movez muevent
imperfect meüsse meüsses meüst meüssons, meüssiens meüssoiz, meüssez, meüssiez meüssent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— muef — movons movez —

Descendants
  • Angevin: mouvair
  • Gallo: mouvair
  • Middle French: mouvoir
  • Norman: mouver
  • Picard: muvoér
  • Walloon: mouwer
  • → Middle English: moven

Noun

movoir oblique singular, m (oblique plural movoirs, nominative singular movoirs, nominative plural movoir)

  1. departure
  2. pastoral
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