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quasser
quasser
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin quassāre, present active infinitive of quassō, influenced by cassō (“I annul”).
Verb
quasser
- to break (damage using force)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
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Les hiaumes lor anbuingne et quasse.
- He broke and dented their helmets
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Les hiaumes lor anbuingne et quasse.
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- (chiefly law) to annul; to quash
- Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie hactenus inediti, 1272-1373, ed. H. G. Richardson and G. O. Sayles, Camden Society., 3rd series. vol. 51, 1935. date: 1279-1377. Available online via the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Et qe record et procés […] soient repellez et quassez
- And may the record and the process [...] be repealed and quashed
- Et qe record et procés […] soient repellez et quassez
- Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie hactenus inediti, 1272-1373, ed. H. G. Richardson and G. O. Sayles, Camden Society., 3rd series. vol. 51, 1935. date: 1279-1377. Available online via the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of quasser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | quasser | avoir quassé | |||||
gerund | en quassant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | quassant | ||||||
past participle | quassé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | quas | quasses | quasse | quassons | quassez | quassent |
imperfect | quassoie, quasseie, quassoe, quasseve | quassoies, quasseies, quassoes, quasseves | quassoit, quasseit, quassot, quasseve | quassiiens, quassiens | quassiiez, quassiez | quassoient, quasseient, quassoent, quassevent | |
preterite | quassai | quassas | quassa | quassames | quassastes | quasserent | |
future | quasserai | quasseras | quassera | quasserons | quasseroiz, quassereiz, quasserez | quasseront | |
conditional | quasseroie, quassereie | quasseroies, quassereies | quasseroit, quassereit | quasseriiens, quasseriens | quasseriiez, quasseriez | quasseroient, quassereient | |
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 preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | quas | quas | quast | quassons | quassez | quassent |
imperfect | quassasse | quassasses | quassast | quassissons, quassissiens | quassissoiz, quassissez, quassissiez | quassassent | |
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 | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | quasse | — | quassons | quassez | — |