saulter

See also: Saulter

Middle English

Noun

saulter

1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of sauter

Middle French

Verb

saulter

1. to jump (move oneself into the air, leaving contact with the ground)
   • 1534, François Rabelais, Gargantua:

     Cent diables me saultent au corps

     A hundred devils are jumping on my body

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of saulter

infinitive	simple	saulter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	saultant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		saulté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	saulte	saultes	saulte	saultons	saultez	saultent
	imperfect	saultois, saultoys	saultois, saultoys	saultoit, saultoyt	saultions, saultyons	saultiez, saultyez	saultoient, saultoyent
	past historic	saulta	saultas	saulta	saultasmes	saultastes	saulterent
	future	saulterai, saulteray	saulteras	saultera	saulterons	saulterez	saulteront
	conditional	saulterois, saulteroys	saulterois, saulteroys	saulteroit, saulteroyt	saulterions, saulteryons	saulteriez, saulteryez	saulteroient, saulteroyent
(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	saulte	saultes	saulte	saultons	saultez	saultent
	imperfect	saultasse	saultasses	saultast	saultassions	saultassiez	saultassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	saulte	—	saultons	saultez	—
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).

Related terms

• sault

Descendants

• French: sauter