effreer

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French esfreer.

Verb

effreer

  1. (transitive) to scare
    • Jean Froissart, Chroniques
      Car, pour escarmuche ou pour assaut, que on y face, riens ne s'effreent ne se desroient ossi

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of effreer
infinitive simple effreer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple effreant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle effreé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present effree effrees effree effreons effreez effreent
imperfect effreois, effreoys effreois, effreoys effreoit, effreoyt effreions, effreyons effreiez, effreyez effreoient, effreoyent
past historic effrea effreas effrea effreasmes effreastes effreerent
future effreerai, effreeray effreeras effreera effreerons effreerez effreeront
conditional effreerois, effreeroys effreerois, effreeroys effreeroit, effreeroyt effreerions, effreeryons effreeriez, effreeryez effreeroient, effreeroyent
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present effree effrees effree effreons effreez effreent
imperfect effreasse effreasses effreast effreassions effreassiez effreassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — effree — effreons effreez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants
  • French: effrayer
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