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esfronter
esfronter
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
esfronter
- to smash someone's forehead
- circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Erec et Enide:
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Et fiert parmi le chief le conte
Que tot l'escervele et esfronte- And the count hit him round the head
So that he crushed his brain and his forehead
- And the count hit him round the head
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Et fiert parmi le chief le conte
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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 esfronter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | esfronter | avoir esfronté | |||||
| gerund | en esfrontant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | esfrontant | ||||||
| past participle | esfronté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | esfront | esfrontes | esfronte | esfrontons | esfrontez | esfrontent |
| imperfect | esfrontoie, esfronteie, esfrontoe, esfronteve | esfrontoies, esfronteies, esfrontoes, esfronteves | esfrontoit, esfronteit, esfrontot, esfronteve | esfrontiiens, esfrontiens | esfrontiiez, esfrontiez | esfrontoient, esfronteient, esfrontoent, esfrontevent | |
| preterite | esfrontai | esfrontas | esfronta | esfrontames | esfrontastes | esfronterent | |
| future | esfronterai | esfronteras | esfrontera | esfronterons | esfronteroiz, esfrontereiz, esfronterez | esfronteront | |
| conditional | esfronteroie, esfrontereie | esfronteroies, esfrontereies | esfronteroit, esfrontereit | esfronteriiens, esfronteriens | esfronteriiez, esfronteriez | esfronteroient, esfrontereient | |
| 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 | esfront | esfronz | esfront | esfrontons | esfrontez | esfrontent |
| imperfect | esfrontasse | esfrontasses | esfrontast | esfrontissons, esfrontissiens | esfrontissoiz, esfrontissez, esfrontissiez | esfrontassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | esfronte | — | esfrontons | esfrontez | — | ||