desver

Middle French

Verb

desver

  1. to go insane, to go mad

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of desver
infinitive simple desver
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple desvant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle desvé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present desve desves desve desvons desvez desvent
imperfect desvois, desvoys desvois, desvoys desvoit, desvoyt desvions, desvyons desviez, desvyez desvoient, desvoyent
past historic desva desvas desva desvasmes desvastes desverent
future desverai, desveray desveras desvera desverons desverez desveront
conditional desverois, desveroys desverois, desveroys desveroit, desveroyt desverions, desveryons desveriez, desveryez desveroient, desveroyent
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present desve desves desve desvons desvez desvent
imperfect desvasse desvasses desvast desvassions desvassiez desvassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — desve — desvons desvez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Old French

Etymology

The Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch links desver to Vulgar Latin *reexvagus[1]. Hence, cognate with resver.

Verb

desver

  1. to go insane, to go mad

Conjugation

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References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*reexvagus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 186
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