sourdre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sourdre, from Latin surgere, present active infinitive of surgō (“I get up, arise”). Doublet of surgir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /suʁdʁ/

Verb

sourdre

(formal, intransitive) to well up

Conjugation

Almost exclusively used in the third person (singular and plural) of present and imperfect tenses.
- sourd, sourdent
- sourdait, sourdaient

Further reading

“sourdre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

surdre (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Latin surgere, present active infinitive of surgō.

Verb

sourdre

to spurt; to gush (as in a liquid)
- late 12th century, anonymous, La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford, page 394 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, →ISBN, line 703:
  Mult valt funteine ki ben surt
  A fountain that spurts is very valuable

Descendants

French: sourdre

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (sourdre)

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