vertir

Old French

Etymology

From Latin vertō.

Verb

vertir

1. to return; to go back
   • c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:

     A lor nés voloient vertir

     They wanted to return to their boats

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group or second-group verb (ending in -ir, without or with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		vertir			avoir verti
gerund		en vertant, vertissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		vertant, vertissant
past participle		verti
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	vert, vertis	verz, vertis	vert, vertist	vertons, vertissons	vertez, vertissez	vertent, vertissent
	imperfect	vertoie, verteie, vertissoie, vertisseie	vertoies, verteies, vertissoies, vertisseies	vertoit, verteit, vertissoit, vertisseit	vertiiens, vertiens, vertissiiens, vertissiens	vertiiez, vertiez, vertissiiez, vertissiez	vertoient, verteient, vertissoient, vertisseient
	preterite	verti	vertis	verti	vertimes	vertistes	vertirent
	future	vertirai	vertiras	vertira	vertirons	vertiroiz, vertireiz, vertirez	vertiront
	conditional	vertiroie, vertireie	vertiroies, vertireies	vertiroit, vertireit	vertiriiens, vertiriens	vertiriiez, vertiriez	vertiroient, vertireient
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	verte, vertisse	vertes, vertisses	verte, vertisse	vertons, vertissons	vertez, vertissez	vertent, vertissent
	imperfect	vertisse	vertisses	vertist	vertissons, vertissiens	vertissoiz, vertissez, vertissiez	vertissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	vert, vertis	—	vertons, vertissons	vertez, vertissez	—