espeler

Old French

Etymology

Early Old French espelir, from Frankish *spelôn, from Proto-Germanic. The -er ending is probably by analogy with apeler

Verb

espeler

1. to call; to cry out; to shout
2. to explain; to tell

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		espeler			avoir espelé, espelez
gerund		en espelant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		espelant
past participle		espelé, espelez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	espele, espel	espeles, espels	espele, espel	espelons	espelez, espelés	espelent
	imperfect	espeloe, espeleie, espeloie	espeloes, espeleies, espeloies	espelot, espeleit, espeloit	espelions, espeliions	espeliez, espeliiez	espeloent, espelient, espeloient
	past historic	espelai	espelas	espela	espelames	espelastes	espelerent
	future	espelerai	espeleras	espelera	espelerons	espelerez, espelereiz	espeleront
	conditional	espeleroe, espelereie, espeleroie	espeleroes, espelereies, espeleroies	espelerot, espelereie, espeleroie	espelerions, espeleriions	espeleriez, espeleriiez	espeleroent, espelereient, espeleroient
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 past historic 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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	espele, espel	espeles, espels	espele, espel	espelons	espelez	espelent
	imperfect	espelasse	espelasses	espelast	espelissons	espelissez, espelissiez	espelassent
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, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	espele	—	espelons	espelez	—

Descendants

• English: to spell
• French: épeler