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esmaier
esmaier
Old French
Verb
esmaier
- (reflexive, s'esmaier) to be frightened; to be scared
- (transitive) to frighten; to scare
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of esmaier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | esmaier | avoir esmaié | |||||
| gerund | en esmaiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | esmaiant | ||||||
| past participle | esmaié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | esmai | esmaies | esmaie | esmaions | esmaiez | esmaient |
| imperfect | esmaioie, esmaieie, esmaioe, esmaieve | esmaioies, esmaieies, esmaioes, esmaieves | esmaioit, esmaieit, esmaiot, esmaieve | esmaiiiens, esmaiiens | esmaiiiez, esmaiiez | esmaioient, esmaieient, esmaioent, esmaievent | |
| preterite | esmaiai | esmaias | esmaia | esmaiames | esmaiastes | esmaierent | |
| future | esmaierai | esmaieras | esmaiera | esmaierons | esmaieroiz, esmaiereiz, esmaierez | esmaieront | |
| conditional | esmaieroie, esmaiereie | esmaieroies, esmaiereies | esmaieroit, esmaiereit | esmaieriiens, esmaieriens | esmaieriiez, esmaieriez | esmaieroient, esmaiereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | esmai | esmais | esmait | esmaions | esmaiez | esmaient |
| imperfect | esmaiasse | esmaiasses | esmaiast | esmaiissons, esmaiissiens | esmaiissoiz, esmaiissez, esmaiissiez | esmaiassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | esmaie | — | esmaions | esmaiez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: dismay
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (esmaier)
- esmaier on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub