assalir
Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin assalīre.
Verb edit
assalir
- to assail (attack by surprise)
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- assaillir, essaillir, aissellir, asseillir (palatalized)
- assaudre (change in verb class)
- asalir (alt. spelling)
Etymology edit
From Late Latin assalīre.
The palatalized variants listed above reflect an extension of /ʎ/ from the 1SG form assail < Latin assaliō.
Verb edit
assalir
- to jump on
- to attack; to assault
- c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
- Rogier li viel, cil de Belmont
Assalt Engleis el primier front- Roger the aged, the one from Belmont
Attacked some Englishmen of the first line
- Roger the aged, the one from Belmont
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of assalir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
Descendants edit
- French: assaillir
- Norman: assailli
- → Middle English: assailen, assaillen, assaille, assaylle, asailen, assaile, assayle, saile, sayll, saylen, sailen, saillen, sayle, seællen, a-sayle
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*assalīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 503