veintre

Old French

Alternative forms

• vaintre
• veincre
• vencre

Etymology

First known attestation 881 in The Sequence of Saint Eulalia. From Latin vincere, present active infinitive of vincō.

Verb

veintre

1. to defeat; to vanquish

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem veinqu distinct from the unstressed stem venqu, 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 veintre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		veintre			avoir vencu, veincu
gerund		en venquant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		venquant
past participle		vencu, veincu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	venc, veinc	veinz	veint	venquons, veinquons	venquez, veinquez	venquent, veinquent
	imperfect	venquoie, venqueie	venquoies, venqueies	venquoit, venqueit	venquiiens, venquiens	venquiiez, venquiez	venquoient, venqueient
	preterite	venqui	venquis	venquié	venquimes	venquistes	venquierent
	future	veintrai	veintras	veintra	veintrons	veintroiz, veintreiz, veintrez	veintront
	conditional	veintroie, veintreie	veintroies, veintreies	veintroit, veintreit	veintriiens, veintriens	veintriiez, veintriez	veintroient, veintreient
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	venque, veinque	venques, veinques	venque, veinque	venquons	venquez	venquent, veinquent
	imperfect	venquisse	venquisses	venquist	venquissons, venquissiens	venquissoiz, venquissez, venquissiez	venquissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	veinc	—	venquons, veinquons	venquez, veinquez	—

Descendants

• French: vaincre
• Norman: veincre
• → Middle English: venquysshen, vaynquisshen, venqwyshe, vencuse, venquis, vencows, vencushe, venquysse, venquys
  • English: vanquish
  • Scots: vanquish, vencus

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (veintre)