Many Old French words can be found by simply looking them up in any modern French dictionary. This glossary lists those words that are no longer a part of the modern French language. New words will be added just as soon as they become available.
OLD FRENCH DICTIONARY
Note: The letter "v" can sometimes be a "u"
Vague - (O.F. n.) wave
Vaguera - (O.F. v. fut.) will wander
Vain - (O.F. p.) in vain
Vaincue - (O.F. a.) vanquished, defeated
Valliant - (O.F. a.) valiant
Vapir - (O.F. n.) vapor, mist, thought, a mental conception
Vastant - (O.F. v. fut.) will lay waste, will destroy
Vaste - (O.F. a.) vast
Vaultort - (O.F. a.) alternate
Vendu - (O.F. v.) cost
Vengeance - (O.F. n.) vengeance
Vengera - (O.F. v. fut.) will avenge
Venin - (F. n.) venom, bitterness
Venir - (F. v.) come
Venise/Venus - (O.F. n.) Venus, Venice, Kingdom of Italy
Ventre - (F. n.) belly, womb
Vents - (O.F. n.) venting, shouting, complaints, slanders
Venus - (O.F. n.) Venus, Venice, Kingdom of Italy
Verb/Verbe - (O.F. n.) word, Holy Word
Verra/Verront - (O.F. v. fut.) will see, will meet
Verrifique - (O.F. n.) establishment, founding
Vers - (O.F. a.) nearby, around, in the presence of, etc..
Verser - (F. v.) put, place
Versus - (O.F. n. plur.) verses, poems
Vertueux - (F. a.) virtuous
Vestule - (O.F. n.) vestal virgin
Veufve - (O.F. p.) abandoned, left, divorced
Vexee - (O.F. p.) vexed, halted, ended
Vexer - (O.F. v.) vex, end, halt
Victeur - (O.F. n.) victory
Victime - (O.F. n.) victim, animal for sacrifice
Victoire - (O.F. n.) victory
Vie - (O.F. n.) life, living
Vieille/Vieillart - (F. a.) old, aged, old person
Viendra/Viendront - (O.F. v. fut.) will come, will become, will start, will begin to
Vierge - (O.F. n.) virgin
Vieux - (O.F. n.) old, elder, old person
Vif - (O.F. p.) instantly
Vigilance - (F. n.) vigilance
Vilain - (O.F. n.) villain
Vin - (O.F. n.) wine
Vint/Vingt
- (O.F. n.) twenty
note: (in 1666) 66 is three twenties plus 6
Virtu - (F. n.) virtue
Vis-a-Vis - (O.F. a.) face-to-face, opposing
Visage - (O.F. p.) looking, appearing
Vise - (O.F. v.) close in
Visibles - (O.F. a.) visible
Vitupere - (O.F. n.) blame, dishonor
Vivront/Vivre - (O.F. v. fut.) will live
Voguera - (O.F. v. fut.) will embark, will invoke, will pray
Voiant - (O.F. p.) witnessing
Voilles - (O.F. n. pl.) sails, ships, sea attacks, sailings
Voir - (F. p.) to see, to witness
Voix - (O.F. p.) seen
Voix - (O.F. n.) voice, animal noise
Voluptueux - (O.F. a.) immaculate
Voudra/Vouldrant - (O.F. v. fut.) will desire, will want
Voulant - (O.F. v. fut.) will want, will desire
Voyage - (F. n.) voyage
Voyant - (F. p.) viewing, seeing, witnessing
Vueille - (O.F. v.) wanting, desiring
Vuides - (O.F. a.) vacant
Vulgus - (O.F. n.) the vulgar
OLD FRENCH DICTIONARY
The Old French language included many words from Latin and Greek word roots and also regional dialects such as Provencal and and Catalan. You can also check under the classical "class." and figurative "fig." listings in larger modern French dictionaries. Old French can also differ from modern French, since words like "fleuve," which now means "river," also meant "route" or "course," in Old France because rivers were often used as the safest "route" or "course" when travelling between major cities, since roads were poorly maintained, and robbers often waited along these routes. Please keep in mind that many figures of speech such as the "oil and the wine," which does not seem to make much sense today, in those days meant the "good things."
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