guerroiier

Old French

Alternative forms

• gueraer, guereer, guereier, guerier, guerioier, gueroier, guerrayer, guerreer, guerreyer, guerrier, guerroier, guerroyer, gerreer, gerrier, gerroyer, guarraier, gwarreer
• warreier, werrier

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *werridiāre. By surface analysis, guerre (“war”) +‎ -oiier.

Verb

guerroiier

1. to wage war; to engage in warfare
   • De totes pars Dieus me guerroie, (Rutebeuf, C'est La Paiz De Rutebuef)

     God is waging war on me from all angles,

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. This verb has a stressed present stem guerri distinct from the unstressed stem guerroi, 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 guerroiier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		guerroiier			avoir guerroiié
gerund		en guerroiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		guerroiant
past participle		guerroiié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	guerri, guerroi	guerrïes, guerroies	guerrïe, guerroie	guerroions	guerroiiez, guerroiez	guerrïent, guerroient
	imperfect	guerroioie, guerroieie, guerroioe, guerroiieve, guerroieve	guerroioies, guerroieies, guerroioes, guerroiieves, guerroieves	guerroioit, guerroieit, guerroiot, guerroiieve, guerroieve	guerroiiiens, guerroiiens	guerroiiiez, guerroiiez	guerroioient, guerroieient, guerroioent, guerroiievent, guerroievent
	preterite	guerroiai	guerroias	guerroia	guerroiames	guerroiastes	guerroiierent
	future	guerroierai	guerroieras	guerroiera	guerroierons	guerroieroiz, guerroiereiz, guerroierez	guerroieront
	conditional	guerroieroie, guerroiereie	guerroieroies, guerroiereies	guerroieroit, guerroiereit	guerroieriiens, guerroieriens	guerroieriiez, guerroieriez	guerroieroient, guerroiereient
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	guerri, guerroi	guerris, guerrois	guerrit, guerroit	guerroions	guerroiiez, guerroiez	guerrïent, guerroient
	imperfect	guerroiasse	guerroiasses	guerroiast	guerroiissons, guerroiissiens	guerroiissoiz, guerroiissez, guerroiissiez	guerroiassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	guerrïe, guerroie	—	guerroions	guerroiiez, guerroiez	—

Descendants

• French: guerroyer
• → Middle English: werreyen, werrey, werry, werrai, werrien, werraye, werrei, werreye, werye
  • English: warray (obsolete)
  • Scots: warra (obsolete)

References

• guerreier_2 on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*werra”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 568