espargnier

Old French

Alternative forms

• esparnier
• espargner

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin sparāniāre (attested in the Reichenau Glossary), from Frankish *sparanjan, from Proto-Germanic *sparāną.

Verb

espargnier

1. to spare (from death, punishment, etc.)

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 *-rgn, *-rgns, *-rgnt are modified to rng, rz, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		espargnier			avoir espargnié
gerund		en espargnant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		espargnant
past participle		espargnié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	esparng	espargnes	espargne	espargnons	espargniez	espargnent
	imperfect	espargnoie, espargneie, espargnoe, espargnieve	espargnoies, espargneies, espargnoes, espargnieves	espargnoit, espargneit, espargnot, espargnieve	espargniiens, espargniens	espargniiez, espargniez	espargnoient, espargneient, espargnoent, espargnievent
	preterite	espargnai	espargnas	espargna	espargnames	espargnastes	espargnierent
	future	espargnerai	espargneras	espargnera	espargnerons	espargneroiz, espargnereiz, espargnerez	espargneront
	conditional	espargneroie, espargnereie	espargneroies, espargnereies	espargneroit, espargnereit	espargneriiens, espargneriens	espargneriiez, espargneriez	espargneroient, espargnereient
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	esparng	esparz	espart	espargnons	espargniez	espargnent
	imperfect	espargnasse	espargnasses	espargnast	espargnissons, espargnissiens	espargnissoiz, espargnissez, espargnissiez	espargnassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	espargne	—	espargnons	espargniez	—

Descendants

• French: épargner