esgaler

Middle French

Etymology

esgal +‎ -er.

Verb

esgaler

1. to equal

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of esgaler

infinitive	simple	esgaler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	esgalant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		esgalé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	esgale	esgales	esgale	esgalons	esgalez	esgalent
	imperfect	esgalois, esgaloys	esgalois, esgaloys	esgaloit, esgaloyt	esgalions, esgalyons	esgaliez, esgalyez	esgaloient, esgaloyent
	past historic	esgala	esgalas	esgala	esgalasmes	esgalastes	esgalerent
	future	esgalerai, esgaleray	esgaleras	esgalera	esgalerons	esgalerez	esgaleront
	conditional	esgalerois, esgaleroys	esgalerois, esgaleroys	esgaleroit, esgaleroyt	esgalerions, esgaleryons	esgaleriez, esgaleryez	esgaleroient, esgaleroyent
(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	esgale	esgales	esgale	esgalons	esgalez	esgalent
	imperfect	esgalasse	esgalasses	esgalast	esgalassions	esgalassiez	esgalassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	esgale	—	esgalons	esgalez	—
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: égaler