assalir
(Redirected from asaillir)
Occitan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin assalīre.
Verb
[edit]assalir
- to assail (attack by surprise)
Conjugation
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- assaillir, essaillir, aissellir, asseillir (palatalized)
- assaudre (change in verb class)
- asalir (alt. spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin assalīre.
The palatalized variants listed above reflect an extension of /ʎ/ from the 1SG form assail < Latin assaliō.
Verb
[edit]assalir
- to jump on
- to attack; to assault
- c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
- Rogier li viel, cil de Belmont
Assalt Engleis el primier front- Roger the aged, the one from Belmont
Attacked some Englishmen of the first line
- Roger the aged, the one from Belmont
Conjugation
[edit]This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of assalir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
Descendants
[edit]- French: assaillir
- Norman: assailli
- → Middle English: assailen, assaillen, assaille, assaylle, asailen, assaile, assayle, saile, sayll, saylen, sailen, saillen, sayle, seællen, a-sayle
References
[edit]- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*assalīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 503
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- Occitan terms inherited from Late Latin
- Occitan terms derived from Late Latin
- Occitan lemmas
- Occitan verbs
- Occitan second group verbs
- Old French terms inherited from Late Latin
- Old French terms derived from Late Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French terms with quotations
- Old French verbs with weak-i preterite
- Old French third group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -ir
- Old French irregular verbs