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esgarder
esgarder
Old French
Verb
esgarder
- Alternative form of esguarder
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Quant plus l'esgarde, plus li plest
- The more he looked at her, the more he pleased her
- Quant plus l'esgarde, plus li plest
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of esgarder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | esgarder | avoir esgardé | |||||
| gerund | en esgardant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | esgardant | ||||||
| past participle | esgardé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | esgart | esgardes | esgarde | esgardons | esgardez | esgardent |
| imperfect | esgardoie, esgardeie, esgardoe, esgardeve | esgardoies, esgardeies, esgardoes, esgardeves | esgardoit, esgardeit, esgardot, esgardeve | esgardiiens, esgardiens | esgardiiez, esgardiez | esgardoient, esgardeient, esgardoent, esgardevent | |
| preterite | esgardai | esgardas | esgarda | esgardames | esgardastes | esgarderent | |
| future | esgarderai | esgarderas | esgardera | esgarderons | esgarderoiz, esgardereiz, esgarderez | esgarderont | |
| conditional | esgarderoie, esgardereie | esgarderoies, esgardereies | esgarderoit, esgardereit | esgarderiiens, esgarderiens | esgarderiiez, esgarderiez | esgarderoient, esgardereient | |
| 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 | esgart | esgarz | esgart | esgardons | esgardez | esgardent |
| imperfect | esgardasse | esgardasses | esgardast | esgardissons, esgardissiens | esgardissoiz, esgardissez, esgardissiez | esgardassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | esgarde | — | esgardons | esgardez | — | ||