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heurter

heurter

French

Verb

heurter

  1. to strike, hit
  2. to clash, conflict with
  3. (reflexive) to crash, collide (together)
  4. (reflexive, of opinions) to clash

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Middle French

Verb

heurter

  1. (reflexive, se heurter) to collide (with something)
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 39:
      si se heurta si durement a une pierre qu'il se fist une grande playe en la teste
      then he collided with such a force into a stone that he gave himself a large wound on his head

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of heurter
simple compound
infinitive heurter avoir heurté
gerund en heurtant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle heurtant
past participle heurté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present heurte heurtes heurte heurtons heurtez heurtent
imperfect heurtois, heurtoys heurtois, heurtoys heurtoit, heurtoyt heurtions, heurtyons heurtiez, heurtyez heurtoient, heurtoyent
past historic heurta heurtas heurta heurtasmes heurtastes heurterent
future heurterai, heurteray heurteras heurtera heurterons heurterez heurteront
conditional heurterois, heurteroys heurterois, heurteroys heurteroit, heurteroyt heurterions, heurteryons heurteriez, heurteryez heurteroient, heurteroyent
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 ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present heurte heurtes heurte heurtons heurtez heurtent
imperfect heurtasse heurtasses heurtast heurtassions heurtassiez heurtassent
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 – nous vous –
— heurte — heurtons heurtez —

Norman

Etymology

From Old French hurter ‎(“to ram into, strike, collide with”), from Frankish *hūrt ‎(“a battering ram”), from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaną ‎(“to fall, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *krow- ‎(“to fall, beat, break”).

Verb

heurter

  1. (Jersey) to bump

Etymology

From Middle French heurter, from Old French hurter ‎(“to ram into, strike, collide with”), from Frankish hūrt ‎(“a battering ram”), from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaną, *hreutaną ‎(“to fall, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *krew- ‎(“to fall, beat, smash, strike, break”). Cognate with Dutch horten ‎(“to push against, strike”), Middle Low German hurten ‎(“to run at, collide with”), Old Norse hrútr ‎(“battering ram”).

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