esparnier

Old French

Verb

esparnier

1. Alternative form of espargnier
   • c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:

     Tuz sunt ocis cist Franceis chevalers,
     Ne mes seisante, que Deus i ad esparniez

     All the French soldiers were killed
     All but sixty, that God had spared

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-rns, *-rnt are modified to rz, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		esparnier			avoir esparnié
gerund		en esparnant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		esparnant
past participle		esparnié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	esparn	esparnes	esparne	esparnons	esparniez	esparnent
	imperfect	esparnoie, esparneie, esparnoe, esparnieve	esparnoies, esparneies, esparnoes, esparnieves	esparnoit, esparneit, esparnot, esparnieve	esparniiens, esparniens	esparniiez, esparniez	esparnoient, esparneient, esparnoent, esparnievent
	preterite	esparnai	esparnas	esparna	esparnames	esparnastes	esparnierent
	future	esparnerai	esparneras	esparnera	esparnerons	esparneroiz, esparnereiz, esparnerez	esparneront
	conditional	esparneroie, esparnereie	esparneroies, esparnereies	esparneroit, esparnereit	esparneriiens, esparneriens	esparneriiez, esparneriez	esparneroient, esparnereient
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	esparn	esparz	espart	esparnons	esparniez	esparnent
	imperfect	esparnasse	esparnasses	esparnast	esparnissons, esparnissiens	esparnissoiz, esparnissez, esparnissiez	esparnassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	esparne	—	esparnons	esparniez	—