esbaudir

Old French

Etymology

From es- +‎ baud +‎ -ir.

Verb

esbaudir

1. To embolden; to encourage
   • 12th century CE, Thomas de Kent, Roman de toute chevalerie [Novel of all chivalry], translation of Alexander romance; republished as B. Foster, with the assistance of I. Short, editor, The Anglo-Norman 'Alexander'​, London: Anglo-Norman Text Society, 1976, ANTS 29-31 (1976), and 32-33 (1977):

     Ly roys Alisandre toz les soens esbaudist

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		esbaudir			avoir esbaudi
gerund		en esbaudissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		esbaudissant
past participle		esbaudi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	esbaudis	esbaudis	esbaudist	esbaudissons	esbaudissez	esbaudissent
	imperfect	esbaudissoie, esbaudisseie	esbaudissoies, esbaudisseies	esbaudissoit, esbaudisseit	esbaudissiiens, esbaudissiens	esbaudissiiez, esbaudissiez	esbaudissoient, esbaudisseient
	preterite	esbaudi	esbaudis	esbaudi	esbaudimes	esbaudistes	esbaudirent
	future	esbaudirai	esbaudiras	esbaudira	esbaudirons	esbaudiroiz, esbaudireiz, esbaudirez	esbaudiront
	conditional	esbaudiroie, esbaudireie	esbaudiroies, esbaudireies	esbaudiroit, esbaudireit	esbaudiriiens, esbaudiriens	esbaudiriiez, esbaudiriez	esbaudiroient, esbaudireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	esbaudisse	esbaudisses	esbaudisse	esbaudissons	esbaudissez	esbaudissent
	imperfect	esbaudisse	esbaudisses	esbaudist	esbaudissons, esbaudissiens	esbaudissoiz, esbaudissez, esbaudissiez	esbaudissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	esbaudis	—	esbaudissons	esbaudissez	—

Related terms

• abaudir
• embaudir

References

• Baker, John H. (2016) Manual of Law French, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 61