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esbatre
esbatre
Old French
Verb
esbatre
- to hit; to strike
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la voie d'umilitei:
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Li autres, par sa lecherie,
Est entreiz en l'anfermerie
Por le cors esbatre et deduire.
Li autres doute la froidure.- The others, due to their debauchery, entered into the infirmary to strike the body and lead it away. The others doubt the (body's) coldness.
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Li autres, par sa lecherie,
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- to amuse; to bring enjoyment to
- (reflexive) to bump into (meet by chance)
- (reflexive) to have fun; to enjoy oneself
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of esbatre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | esbatre | avoir esbatu | |||||
| gerund | en esbatant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | esbatant | ||||||
| past participle | esbatu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | esbat | esbaz | esbat | esbatons | esbatez | esbatent |
| imperfect | esbatoie, esbateie | esbatoies, esbateies | esbatoit, esbateit | esbatiiens, esbatiens | esbatiiez, esbatiez | esbatoient, esbateient | |
| preterite | esbati | esbatis | esbatié | esbatimes | esbatistes | esbatierent | |
| future | esbatrai | esbatras | esbatra | esbatrons | esbatroiz, esbatreiz, esbatrez | esbatront | |
| conditional | esbatroie, esbatreie | esbatroies, esbatreies | esbatroit, esbatreit | esbatriiens, esbatriens | esbatriiez, esbatriez | esbatroient, esbatreient | |
| 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 preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | esbate | esbates | esbate | esbatons | esbatez | esbatent |
| imperfect | esbatisse | esbatisses | esbatist | esbatissons, esbatissiens | esbatissoiz, esbatissez, esbatissiez | esbatissent | |
| 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 | vos | – | |
| — | esbat | — | esbatons | esbatez | — | ||