escumer
Middle French
Verb
escumer
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.- a. 1580, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
- Et les passent noz maistres en escumant, ou, ne les osant pas seulement taster, se jettent d'abordée dans la franchise de la coustume, où ils s'enflent et triomphent à bon compte.
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Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of escumer
infinitive | simple | escumer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | escumant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | escumé | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | escume | escumes | escume | escumons | escumez | escument |
imperfect | escumois, escumoys | escumois, escumoys | escumoit, escumoyt | escumions, escumyons | escumiez, escumyez | escumoient, escumoyent | |
past historic | escuma | escumas | escuma | escumasmes | escumastes | escumerent | |
future | escumerai, escumeray | escumeras | escumera | escumerons | escumerez | escumeront | |
conditional | escumerois, escumeroys | escumerois, escumeroys | escumeroit, escumeroyt | escumerions, escumeryons | escumeriez, escumeryez | escumeroient, escumeroyent | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | escume | escumes | escume | escumons | escumez | escument |
imperfect | escumasse | escumasses | escumast | escumassions | escumassiez | escumassent | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | escume | — | escumons | escumez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
Descendants
- French: écumer
Old French
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *skew- (“to cover, conceal”).
Verb
escumer
- to dribble (allow saliva to leave the mouth)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Seles vuident, chevalier tument,
Li cheval suent et escument.- They emptied saddles, knights were falling
The horses were sweating and dribbling
- They emptied saddles, knights were falling
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of escumer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | escumer | avoir escumé | |||||
gerund | en escumant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | escumant | ||||||
past participle | escumé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses | present | escum | escumes | escume | escumons | escumez | escument |
imperfect | escumoie, escumeie, escumoe, escumeve | escumoies, escumeies, escumoes, escumeves | escumoit, escumeit, escumot, escumeve | escumiiens, escumiens | escumiiez, escumiez | escumoient, escumeient, escumoent, escumevent | |
preterite | escumai | escumas | escuma | escumames | escumastes | escumerent | |
future | escumerai | escumeras | escumera | escumerons | escumeroiz, escumereiz, escumerez | escumeront | |
conditional | escumeroie, escumereie | escumeroies, escumereies | escumeroit, escumereit | escumeriiens, escumeriens | escumeriiez, escumeriez | escumeroient, escumereient | |
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 | escum | escuns | escunt | escumons | escumez | escument |
imperfect | escumasse | escumasses | escumast | escumissons, escumissiens | escumissoiz, escumissez, escumissiez | escumassent | |
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 | – | |
— | escume | — | escumons | escumez | — |
Descendants
- French: écumer