espargnier

== Old French == === Alternative forms === esparnier espargner === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin sparāniāre (attested in the Reichenau Glossary), from Frankish *sparanjan, from Proto-Germanic *sparāną. === Verb === espargnier to spare (from death, punishment, etc.) ==== 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 *-rgn, *-rgns, *-rgnt are modified to rng, rz, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== French: épargner