escerveler

Old French

Etymology

es- (“to remove; out of”) +‎ cervel (“brain”) +‎ -er (verbal suffix).

Verb

escerveler

  1. to kill by removing the brain; loosely, to decapitate
    • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
      Fauces leva l'espee ke soz sez peaux porta,
      Tel l'en dona en chief ke tot l'escervela
      Fauces lifted the sword that he kept under his skins,
      And give him such a blow that he decapitated him

Conjugation

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

    Conjugation of escerveler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive escerveler avoir escervelé
gerund en escervelant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle escervelant
past participle escervelé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present escervel escerveles escervele escervelons escervelez escervelent
imperfect escerveloie, escerveleie, escerveloe, escerveleve escerveloies, escerveleies, escerveloes, escerveleves escerveloit, escerveleit, escervelot, escerveleve escerveliiens, escerveliens escerveliiez, escerveliez escerveloient, escerveleient, escerveloent, escervelevent
preterite escervelai escervelas escervela escervelames escervelastes escervelerent
future escervelerai escerveleras escervelera escervelerons escerveleroiz, escervelereiz, escervelerez escerveleront
conditional escerveleroie, escervelereie escerveleroies, escervelereies escerveleroit, escervelereit escerveleriiens, escerveleriens escerveleriiez, escerveleriez escerveleroient, escervelereient
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 escervel escerveaus escerveaut escervelons escervelez escervelent
imperfect escervelasse escervelasses escervelast escervelissons, escervelissiens escervelissoiz, escervelissez, escervelissiez escervelassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— escervele — escervelons escervelez —
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