esparpeillier
Old French
Alternative forms
- esparpiller, esparpillier
- esparpeler (Anglo-Norman)
Verb
esparpeillier
- to scatter
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-eill, *-eills, *-eillt are modified to eil, euz, eut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of esparpeillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | esparpeillier | avoir esparpeillié | |||||
| gerund | en esparpeillant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | esparpeillant | ||||||
| past participle | esparpeillié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | esparpeil | esparpeilles | esparpeille | esparpeillons | esparpeilliez | esparpeillent |
| imperfect | esparpeilloie, esparpeilleie, esparpeilloe, esparpeillieve | esparpeilloies, esparpeilleies, esparpeilloes, esparpeillieves | esparpeilloit, esparpeilleit, esparpeillot, esparpeillieve | esparpeilliiens, esparpeilliens | esparpeilliiez, esparpeilliez | esparpeilloient, esparpeilleient, esparpeilloent, esparpeillievent | |
| preterite | esparpeillai | esparpeillas | esparpeilla | esparpeillames | esparpeillastes | esparpeillierent | |
| future | esparpeillerai | esparpeilleras | esparpeillera | esparpeillerons | esparpeilleroiz, esparpeillereiz, esparpeillerez | esparpeilleront | |
| conditional | esparpeilleroie, esparpeillereie | esparpeilleroies, esparpeillereies | esparpeilleroit, esparpeillereit | esparpeilleriiens, esparpeilleriens | esparpeilleriiez, esparpeilleriez | esparpeilleroient, esparpeillereient | |
| 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 | esparpeil | esparpeuz | esparpeut | esparpeillons | esparpeilliez | esparpeillent |
| imperfect | esparpeillasse | esparpeillasses | esparpeillast | esparpeillissons, esparpeillissiens | esparpeillissoiz, esparpeillissez, esparpeillissiez | esparpeillassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | esparpeille | — | esparpeillons | esparpeilliez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: éparpiller
- → Middle English: sparplen
- English: sparble