colper

Old French

Etymology

From colp +‎ -er, from Late Latin colpus, from earlier colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos).

Verb

colper

1. Alternative form of coper
   • ca. 1140, anonymous, Chanson de Guillaume 18v:

     Ja vus avrai cele teste colpee

     I'm going to give a blow to that head

Conjugation

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

    Conjugation of colper (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		colper			avoir colpé
gerund		en colpant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		colpant
past participle		colpé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	colp	colpes	colpe	colpons	colpez	colpent
	imperfect	colpoie, colpeie, colpoe, colpeve	colpoies, colpeies, colpoes, colpeves	colpoit, colpeit, colpot, colpeve	colpiiens, colpiens	colpiiez, colpiez	colpoient, colpeient, colpoent, colpevent
	preterite	colpai	colpas	colpa	colpames	colpastes	colperent
	future	colperai	colperas	colpera	colperons	colperoiz, colpereiz, colperez	colperont
	conditional	colperoie, colpereie	colperoies, colpereies	colperoit, colpereit	colperiiens, colperiens	colperiiez, colperiez	colperoient, colpereient
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	colp	cols	colt	colpons	colpez	colpent
	imperfect	colpasse	colpasses	colpast	colpissons, colpissiens	colpissoiz, colpissez, colpissiez	colpassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	colpe	—	colpons	colpez	—

Descendants

• French: couper