baillier

== Norman == === Alternative forms === bailli (Jersey) === Etymology === From Old French baillier, from Latin bāiulāre (“to carry a burden”), from bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”). === Verb === baillier (Guernsey) to give == Old French == === Alternative forms === bailer, bailler, ballier === Etymology === Inherited from Latin baiulāre. === Verb === baillier to deliver, hand over, give to lend, lease to govern, administer to bear, wield, handle (weapons etc.) to use, treat to accept, take; to capture ==== 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 *-aill, *-aills, *-aillt are modified to ail, auz, aut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Related terms ==== bailif / baillif baillir ==== Descendants ==== Bourguignon: baillai Champenois: beiller Middle French: bailler French: bailler →⇒ Middle English: abaillen === References === Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (baillier)