From earlier espelir, from Frankish *spelôn, from Proto-Germanic *spellōną (“to speak”). The -er ending is probably by analogy with apeler.
espeler
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-els, *-elt are modified to eaus, eaut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | espeler | avoir espelé | |||||
gerund | en espelant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | espelant | ||||||
past participle | espelé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | espel | espeles | espele | espelons | espelez | espelent |
imperfect | espeloie, espeleie, espeloe, espeleve | espeloies, espeleies, espeloes, espeleves | espeloit, espeleit, espelot, espeleve | espeliiens, espeliens | espeliiez, espeliez | espeloient, espeleient, espeloent, espelevent | |
preterite | espelai | espelas | espela | espelames | espelastes | espelerent | |
future | espelerai | espeleras | espelera | espelerons | espeleroiz, espelereiz, espelerez | espeleront | |
conditional | espeleroie, espelereie | espeleroies, espelereies | espeleroit, espelereit | espeleriiens, espeleriens | espeleriiez, espeleriez | espeleroient, espelereient | |
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 | espel | espeaus | espeaut | espelons | espelez | espelent |
imperfect | espelasse | espelasses | espelast | espelissons, espelissiens | espelissoiz, espelissez, espelissiez | espelassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | espele | — | espelons | espelez | — |