esbatre

esbatre

Old French

Etymology

From Latin ēbattuō.

Verb

esbatre

1. to hit; to strike
   • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la voie d'umilitei:

     Li autres, par sa lecherie,
     Est entreiz en l'anfermerie
     Por le cors esbatre et deduire.
     Li autres doute la froidure.

     The others, due to their debauchery, entered into the infirmary to strike the body and lead it away. The others doubt the (body's) coldness.

2. to amuse; to bring enjoyment to
3. (reflexive) to bump into (meet by chance)
4. (reflexive) to have fun; to enjoy oneself

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of esbatre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		esbatre			avoir esbatu
gerund		en esbatant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		esbatant
past participle		esbatu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	esbat	esbaz	esbat	esbatons	esbatez	esbatent
	imperfect	esbatoie, esbateie	esbatoies, esbateies	esbatoit, esbateit	esbatiiens, esbatiens	esbatiiez, esbatiez	esbatoient, esbateient
	preterite	esbati	esbatis	esbatié	esbatimes	esbatistes	esbatierent
	future	esbatrai	esbatras	esbatra	esbatrons	esbatroiz, esbatreiz, esbatrez	esbatront
	conditional	esbatroie, esbatreie	esbatroies, esbatreies	esbatroit, esbatreit	esbatriiens, esbatriens	esbatriiez, esbatriez	esbatroient, esbatreient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	esbate	esbates	esbate	esbatons	esbatez	esbatent
	imperfect	esbatisse	esbatisses	esbatist	esbatissons, esbatissiens	esbatissoiz, esbatissez, esbatissiez	esbatissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	esbat	—	esbatons	esbatez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: esbattre
  • French: ébattre