esmaier

== Old French == === Alternative forms === emaier, desmaier === Etymology === Probably from Vulgar Latin *exmagāre (“deprive of power or strength”), from ex- + *magare (“to enable; empower”), from Frankish *magan, *mugan (“to be able”), from Proto-Germanic *maganą. Compare Old Occitan esmaiar, Portuguese esmagar, Spanish amagar. === Verb === esmaier (reflexive, s'esmaier) to be frightened; to be scared (transitive) to frighten; to scare ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: amayen English: amay ⇒ Old French: esmaiMiddle French: esmoyFrench: émoiNorman: émai ⇒ Old French: desmaier → Portuguese: desmaiar → Spanish: desmayar ⇒ Anglo-Norman: *desmaiier → Middle English: dismayen English: dismay → Spanish: esmayar === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “esmaier”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. esmaier on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub