esparpeillier

Old French

Alternative forms

• esparpiller, esparpillier
• esparpeler (Anglo-Norman)

Verb

esparpeillier

1. to scatter

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 *-eill, *-eills, *-eillt are modified to eil, euz, eut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		esparpeillier			avoir esparpeillié
gerund		en esparpeillant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		esparpeillant
past participle		esparpeillié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	esparpeil	esparpeilles	esparpeille	esparpeillons	esparpeilliez	esparpeillent
	imperfect	esparpeilloie, esparpeilleie, esparpeilloe, esparpeillieve	esparpeilloies, esparpeilleies, esparpeilloes, esparpeillieves	esparpeilloit, esparpeilleit, esparpeillot, esparpeillieve	esparpeilliiens, esparpeilliens	esparpeilliiez, esparpeilliez	esparpeilloient, esparpeilleient, esparpeilloent, esparpeillievent
	preterite	esparpeillai	esparpeillas	esparpeilla	esparpeillames	esparpeillastes	esparpeillierent
	future	esparpeillerai	esparpeilleras	esparpeillera	esparpeillerons	esparpeilleroiz, esparpeillereiz, esparpeillerez	esparpeilleront
	conditional	esparpeilleroie, esparpeillereie	esparpeilleroies, esparpeillereies	esparpeilleroit, esparpeillereit	esparpeilleriiens, esparpeilleriens	esparpeilleriiez, esparpeilleriez	esparpeilleroient, esparpeillereient
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	esparpeil	esparpeuz	esparpeut	esparpeillons	esparpeilliez	esparpeillent
	imperfect	esparpeillasse	esparpeillasses	esparpeillast	esparpeillissons, esparpeillissiens	esparpeillissoiz, esparpeillissez, esparpeillissiez	esparpeillassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	esparpeille	—	esparpeillons	esparpeilliez	—

Descendants

• French: éparpiller
• → Middle English: sparplen
  • English: sparble