espeer
Old French
Etymology
From espee (“sword”) + -er.
Verb
espeer
- to pierce (with a weapon)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of espeer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | espeer | avoir espeé | |||||
gerund | en espeant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | espeant | ||||||
past participle | espeé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses | present | espé | espees | espee | espeons | espeez | espeent |
imperfect | espeoie, espeeie, espeoe, espeeve | espeoies, espeeies, espeoes, espeeves | espeoit, espeeit, espeot, espeeve | espeïiens, espeïens | espeïiez, espeïez | espeoient, espeeient, espeoent, espeevent | |
preterite | espeai | espeas | espea | espeames | espeastes | espeerent | |
future | espeerai | espeeras | espeera | espeerons | espeeroiz, espeereiz, espeerez | espeeront | |
conditional | espeeroie, espeereie | espeeroies, espeereies | espeeroit, espeereit | espeeriiens, espeeriens | espeeriiez, espeeriez | espeeroient, espeereient | |
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 | espé | espez | espet | espeons | espeez | espeent |
imperfect | espeasse | espeasses | espeast | espeïssons, espeïssiens | espeïssoiz, espeïssez, espeïssiez | espeassent | |
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 | – | |
— | espee | — | espeons | espeez | — |
Descendants
- → Middle English: spayen
- English: spay