# veir
## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* feir, vair, vaire, veire, ver, voir, ware

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French vair, from Latin varius (“variegated”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /væi̯r/

### Noun

veir (plural veyres)
* vair (squirrel fur)
* vair clothing
* (rare) weasel, stoat

#### Descendants

* English: vair
* Scots: vair (obsolete)
* Yola: vier, wyer, vierd

#### References

* “veir, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-5.

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French vëoir, from Latin videō, vidēre, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛ/
* (Pays de Caux, Rouen) IPA: /ve/
* (Jersey) IPA: /vɛə/

### Verb

veir
* to see
** 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 517:Il est niais coume Dadais qui tâte l'iaue pour vée s'a bouit.He is as stupid as Dadais who puts his hand into the water to see if it is boiling.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | veir | veir | veir | veir | veir |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | veyant | veyant | veyant | veyant | veyant |
| auxiliary | auxiliary | auxiliary | aveir$^1$ | aveir$^1$ | aveir$^1$ | aveir$^1$ | aveir$^1$ |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | veu | veu | veue | veue |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | veus | veus | veues | veues |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | je (j') | tu (t') | il, alle, nos | je (nos) | vos | il, alles |
| indicative | present | veis | veis | veit | veyoms | veyez | veient |
| indicative | imperfect | veyeis | veyeis | veyeit | veyioms | veyiez | veyeient |
| indicative | preterite | veus | veus | veut | veûmes | veûtes | veûtrent |
| indicative | future | verrai | verras | verra | verroms | verrez | verront |
| indicative | conditional | verreis | verreis | verreit | verrioms | verriez | verreient |
| subjunctive | | que je (j') | que te (t') | qu'il, qu'alle, que nos | que je (que nos) | que vos | qu'il, qu'alles |
| subjunctive | present | veie | veies | veie | veyioms | veyiez | veient |
| subjunctive | imperfect | veusse | veusses | veût veusse | veussioms | veussiez | veussent |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | je (nos) | vos | — |
| imperative | imperative | | veis | | veyoms | veyez | |
| $^1$Used with past participles. ||||||||

## Old French
### Verb

veir
* (Anglo-Norman) Alternative infinitive of veoir

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

### Noun

veir oblique singular, m (oblique plural veirs, nominative singular veirs, nominative plural veir)
* Alternative form of vair (fur of a squirrel)
** c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:Un mantel ot par ses espaules D'escarlate et de veir antier.He had a coat over his shoulders Made from scarlet and vair.

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* vesair (Rumantsch Grischun)
* veser (Sursilvan)
* vaser (Sutsilvan)
* vzair, vair (Puter)
* verer (Vallader)

### Etymology

From Latin videō, vidēre.

### Verb

veir
* (Surmiran) to look
* (Surmiran) to see