eschiver

== Old French == === Alternative forms === eschivre, eschever, eschewer === Etymology === From Frankish *skiuhan (“to dread, shun, avoid”). === Verb === eschiver to escape; to flee to avoid to refuse; to deny ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Related terms ==== eschivance eschivable eschivee eschivement ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: eschever, eschiver, eschiever → Middle English: eschewen, echue, eþchewe, escheewe, escheu, eschew, eschewe, eschu, eschue, eschuen, eschuie, eschuwe, eschywe, esshew, excheweEnglish: eschew → Middle English: skewen, skeweEnglish: skewScots: skew, skyow → Italian: schivare → Portuguese: esquivar → Old Occitan: esquivar Catalan: esquivar Occitan: esquivar → Spanish: esquivar → French: esquiver === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “eschiver”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.