esfronter

Old French

Alternative forms

• effronter

Etymology

From Late Latin effrontō.

Verb

esfronter

1. to smash someone's forehead
   • circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Erec et Enide:

     Et fiert parmi le chief le conte
     Que tot l'escervele et esfronte

     And the count hit him round the head
     So that he crushed his brain and his forehead

Conjugation

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

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		esfronter			avoir esfronté
gerund		en esfrontant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		esfrontant
past participle		esfronté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	esfront	esfrontes	esfronte	esfrontons	esfrontez	esfrontent
	imperfect	esfrontoie, esfronteie, esfrontoe, esfronteve	esfrontoies, esfronteies, esfrontoes, esfronteves	esfrontoit, esfronteit, esfrontot, esfronteve	esfrontiiens, esfrontiens	esfrontiiez, esfrontiez	esfrontoient, esfronteient, esfrontoent, esfrontevent
	preterite	esfrontai	esfrontas	esfronta	esfrontames	esfrontastes	esfronterent
	future	esfronterai	esfronteras	esfrontera	esfronterons	esfronteroiz, esfrontereiz, esfronterez	esfronteront
	conditional	esfronteroie, esfrontereie	esfronteroies, esfrontereies	esfronteroit, esfrontereit	esfronteriiens, esfronteriens	esfronteriiez, esfronteriez	esfronteroient, esfrontereient
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	esfront	esfronz	esfront	esfrontons	esfrontez	esfrontent
	imperfect	esfrontasse	esfrontasses	esfrontast	esfrontissons, esfrontissiens	esfrontissoiz, esfrontissez, esfrontissiez	esfrontassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	esfronte	—	esfrontons	esfrontez	—