espoenter

Old French

Etymology

Verb

espoenter

to scare

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		espoenter			avoir espoenté
gerund		en espoentant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		espoentant
past participle		espoenté
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	espoent	espoentes	espoente	espoentons	espoentez	espoentent
	imperfect	espoentoie, espoenteie, espoentoe, espoenteve	espoentoies, espoenteies, espoentoes, espoenteves	espoentoit, espoenteit, espoentot, espoenteve	espoentiiens, espoentiens	espoentiiez, espoentiez	espoentoient, espoenteient, espoentoent, espoentevent
	preterite	espoentai	espoentas	espoenta	espoentames	espoentastes	espoenterent
	future	espoenterai	espoenteras	espoentera	espoenterons	espoenteroiz, espoentereiz, espoenterez	espoenteront
	conditional	espoenteroie, espoentereie	espoenteroies, espoentereies	espoenteroit, espoentereit	espoenteriiens, espoenteriens	espoenteriiez, espoenteriez	espoenteroient, espoentereient
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	espoent	espoenz	espoent	espoentons	espoentez	espoentent
simple tenses	imperfect	espoentasse	espoentasses	espoentast	espoentissons, espoentissiens	espoentissoiz, espoentissez, espoentissiez	espoentassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	espoente	—	espoentons	espoentez	—

Descendants

French: épouvanter

References

^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*expaventāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 304

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (espoenter)
espoenter on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

[1] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*expaventāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 304

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