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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 41

A condition may also be expressed by the imperfect or pluperfect subjunctive, by placing the verb before its subject. This construction occurs in modern French generally with the verb avoir, etre, and devoir, but in the Chanson de Roland, examples were noted with the verb to be only. Both clauses contain the imperfect subjunctive. 
899. Fust chrestiens, assez oust barnet.
1102. Fust i li reis, n'i oussum damage.
VIII Temporal Clauses. Temporal clauses in Latin are introduced by 1. Dum, donec, quoad, or by 2. Antequam, prinsquam. These clauses, which generally have an "accessory notion of cause or purpose", may have the verb either in the indicative, or subjunctive. 
After I, the indicative is used, when "The action is viewed as an actual fact"; the subjunctive, "When viewed not so much as a fact as something desired, or proposed. After the conjunctions under 2, the indicative

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A condition may also be expressed by the imperfect or pluperfect subjunctive, by placing the verb before its subject. This construction occurs in modern French generally with the verb avoir, etre, and devoir, but in the Chanson de Roland, examples were noted with the verb to be only. Both clauses contain the imperfect subjunctive. 899. Fust chrestiens, assez oust barnet. 1102. Fust i li reis, n'i oussum damage. VIII Temporal Clauses. Temporal clauses in Latin are introduced by 1. Dum, donec, quoad, or by 2. Antequam, prinsquam. These clauses, which generally have an "accessory notion of cause or purpose", may have the verb either in the indicative, or subjunctive. After I, the indicative is used, when "The action is viewed as an actual fact"; the subjunctive, "When viewed not so much as a fact as something desired, or proposed. After the conjunctions under 2, the indicative