ramposner

Old French

Etymology

From ramp (“to climb up, ascend”) +‎ prosne (“railing in the church where the preacher stands”) +‎ er. The middle element is from Ancient Greek πρόθυρον (próthuron, “front gate, door”).[1]

Verb

ramposner

  1. to insult
  2. to mock; to deride
  3. to reproach; to criticize

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of ramposner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive ramposner avoir ramposné
gerund en ramposnant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle ramposnant
past participle ramposné
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present ramposne ramposnes ramposne ramposnons ramposnez ramposnent
imperfect ramposnoie, ramposneie, ramposnoe, ramposneve ramposnoies, ramposneies, ramposnoes, ramposneves ramposnoit, ramposneit, ramposnot, ramposneve ramposniiens, ramposniens ramposniiez, ramposniez ramposnoient, ramposneient, ramposnoent, ramposnevent
preterite ramposnai ramposnas ramposna ramposnames ramposnastes ramposnerent
future ramposnerai ramposneras ramposnera ramposnerons ramposneroiz, ramposnereiz, ramposnerez ramposneront
conditional ramposneroie, ramposnereie ramposneroies, ramposnereies ramposneroit, ramposnereit ramposneriiens, ramposneriens ramposneriiez, ramposneriez ramposneroient, ramposnereient
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 ramposne ramposnes ramposne ramposnons ramposnez ramposnent
imperfect ramposnasse ramposnasses ramposnast ramposnissons, ramposnissiens ramposnissoiz, ramposnissez, ramposnissiez ramposnassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— ramposne — ramposnons ramposnez —

Descendants
  • → Middle Dutch: rampeneren

References
  1. Studies in Philology. (1944). United States: University of North Carolina Press, p. 526
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