gaitier

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”), derivative of *wahta (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”)). Compare Anglo-Norman waiter from the Old Northern French variant.

Verb

gaitier

  1. to watch; to survey

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 *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of gaitier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive gaitier avoir gaitié
gerund en gaitant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle gaitant
past participle gaitié
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present gait gaites gaite gaitons gaitiez gaitent
imperfect gaitoie, gaiteie, gaitoe, gaitieve gaitoies, gaiteies, gaitoes, gaitieves gaitoit, gaiteit, gaitot, gaitieve gaitiiens, gaitiens gaitiiez, gaitiez gaitoient, gaiteient, gaitoent, gaitievent
preterite gaitai gaitas gaita gaitames gaitastes gaitierent
future gaiterai gaiteras gaitera gaiterons gaiteroiz, gaitereiz, gaiterez gaiteront
conditional gaiteroie, gaitereie gaiteroies, gaitereies gaiteroit, gaitereit gaiteriiens, gaiteriens gaiteriiez, gaiteriez gaiteroient, gaitereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present gait gaiz gait gaitons gaitiez gaitent
imperfect gaitasse gaitasses gaitast gaitissons, gaitissiens gaitissoiz, gaitissez, gaitissiez gaitassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— gaite — gaitons gaitiez —

Derived terms

Descendants
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