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The Subjunctive in the Chanson de Roland by Frank Emil Lodeman, 1892

The Subjunctive in the Chanson de Roland by Frank Emil Lodeman, 1892, Page 12

III. The Potential Subjunctive.
The Potential Subjunctive, like the Subjunctive of Desire, was extensively used in Latin, in all tenses and persons. In modern French, its use has become greatly restricted. Williams mentions three cases under this subjunctive, viz: 1. Its use in the Present Tense; 2. The Pluperfect in Conditional Sentences; 3. Exclamatory Sentences, all Tenses.
1. The Present Tense.
In the present tense, the subjunctie is foundonly in a few idiomatic expressions with the verbs savoir and se souvenir. This is a modern idiom, not found in the Old French.
Nor has the present tense a wide application  in the Old French.But a few cases occur in the Chanson de Roland, where it is used to denote a condition, a concession, or a possibility.
Condition.
391. Seit qui l'ociet, tuit pais puis vengier.
1744. Vienget li Reis, si nus purrat vengier.

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III. The Potential Subjunctive. The Potential Subjunctive, like the Subjunctive of Desire, was extensively used in Latin, in all tenses and persons. In modern French, its use has become greatly restricted. Williams mentions three cases under this subjunctive, viz: 1. Its use in the Present Tense; 2. The Pluperfect in Conditional Sentences; 3. Exclamatory Sentences, all Tenses. 1. The Present Tense. In the present tense, the subjunctie is foundonly in a few idiomatic expressions with the verbs savoir and se souvenir. This is a modern idiom, not found in the Old French. Nor has the present tense a wide application in the Old French.But a few cases occur in the Chanson de Roland, where it is used to denote a condition, a concession, or a possibility. Condition. 391. Seit qui l'ociet, tuit pais puis vengier. 1744. Vienget li Reis, si nus purrat vengier.