brisier

Old French

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bristan (“to break to pieces, split, shatter”), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to break, burst, rupture”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrest- (“to separate, burst”). Cognate with Old High German bristan (“to break asunder, rupture”), Old English berstan (“to break, shatter, burst”), Old Norse bresta (“to break, burst”). More at burst.

Verb

brisier

1. to break (cause damage to), bust

   Synonyms: quasser, rompre

2. to break to pieces by a shock or violent blow
3. to destroy

   Synonym: destruire

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

		simple			compound
infinitive		brisier			avoir brisié
gerund		en brisant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		brisant
past participle		brisié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	bris	brises	brise	brisons	brisiez	brisent
	imperfect	brisoie, briseie, brisoe, brisieve	brisoies, briseies, brisoes, brisieves	brisoit, briseit, brisot, brisieve	brisiiens, brisiens	brisiiez, brisiez	brisoient, briseient, brisoent, brisievent
	preterite	brisai	brisas	brisa	brisames	brisastes	brisierent
	future	briserai	briseras	brisera	briserons	briseroiz, brisereiz, briserez	briseront
	conditional	briseroie, brisereie	briseroies, brisereies	briseroit, brisereit	briseriiens, briseriens	briseriiez, briseriez	briseroient, brisereient
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	bris	bris	brist	brisons	brisiez	brisent
	imperfect	brisasse	brisasses	brisast	brisissons, brisissiens	brisissoiz, brisissez, brisissiez	brisassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	brise	—	brisons	brisiez	—

    Conjugation of brisier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

Descendants

• French: briser