broiier

== Old French == === Alternative forms === breer, breier, brier, broier, broyer === Etymology === Borrowed from Frankish *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną. === Verb === broiier to crush; to break into small pieces ==== 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. This verb has a stressed present stem bri distinct from the unstressed stem broi, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== === References === Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (broier, supplement) Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*brekan”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 15/1: Germanismes: A–Bryman, page 265