veillier

Old French

Alternative forms

• veiller

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *viglāre, contraction of vigilāre, present tense active infinitive of vigilō (“I am watchful”).

Verb

veillier

1. to be awake

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 *-eill, *-eills, *-eillt are modified to eil, euz, eut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		veillier			avoir veillié
gerund		en veillant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		veillant
past participle		veillié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	veil	veilles	veille	veillons	veilliez	veillent
	imperfect	veilloie, veilleie, veilloe, veillieve	veilloies, veilleies, veilloes, veillieves	veilloit, veilleit, veillot, veillieve	veilliiens, veilliens	veilliiez, veilliez	veilloient, veilleient, veilloent, veillievent
	preterite	veillai	veillas	veilla	veillames	veillastes	veillierent
	future	veillerai	veilleras	veillera	veillerons	veilleroiz, veillereiz, veillerez	veilleront
	conditional	veilleroie, veillereie	veilleroies, veillereies	veilleroit, veillereit	veilleriiens, veilleriens	veilleriiez, veilleriez	veilleroient, veillereient
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	veil	veuz	veut	veillons	veilliez	veillent
	imperfect	veillasse	veillasses	veillast	veillissons, veillissiens	veillissoiz, veillissez, veillissiez	veillassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	veille	—	veillons	veilliez	—

Related terms

• esveillier
• resveillier
• surveillier

Descendants

• Bourguignon: voillai
• Middle French: veiller, veigler
  • French: veiller
• Walloon: woeyî