esguarer

Middle French

Verb

esguarer

1. Alternative form of esgarer
   • 1575, Henri Lancelot Voisin de La Popelinière, La vraye et entière Histoire des Troubles, et Choses memorables avenues tant en France qu'en Flandres & pays circonvoisins depuis l'an 1562, page 3:

     Sans esguarer de rien le fil de mon subiect

     Without sidetracking at all the thread of my subject

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of esguarer

infinitive	simple	esguarer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	esguarant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		esguaré
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	esguare	esguares	esguare	esguarons	esguarez	esguarent
	imperfect	esguarois, esguaroys	esguarois, esguaroys	esguaroit, esguaroyt	esguarions, esguaryons	esguariez, esguaryez	esguaroient, esguaroyent
	past historic	esguara	esguaras	esguara	esguarasmes	esguarastes	esguarerent
	future	esguarerai, esguareray	esguareras	esguarera	esguarerons	esguarerez	esguareront
	conditional	esguarerois, esguareroys	esguarerois, esguareroys	esguareroit, esguareroyt	esguarerions, esguareryons	esguareriez, esguareryez	esguareroient, esguareroyent
(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	esguare	esguares	esguare	esguarons	esguarez	esguarent
	imperfect	esguarasse	esguarasses	esguarast	esguarassions	esguarassiez	esguarassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	esguare	—	esguarons	esguarez	—
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).