Infinitive
emprender; enprender; enprendre; eprendre; amprendre; apprendre; aprendre
Participles
| Present | empernant; emprenant; enpernant; emprignaunt; enprenant; enprignaunt |
| Past | emprist; enpris |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | empreigne |
| 2nd sing. | emprens |
| 3rd sing. | aprent; emprent; enprent; enprenst |
| 1st plur. | empernum |
| 2nd plur. | empernetz |
| 3rd plur. | enpernent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | empreignoie |
| 2nd sing. | emperneies |
| 3rd sing. | emperneit |
| 1st plur. | emprendisoums |
| 2nd plur. | emprendisez |
| 3rd plur. | emperneient |
Preterite
| 1st sing. | empris |
| 2nd sing. | empreis |
| 3rd sing. | emprist |
| 1st plur. | empraimes |
| 2nd plur. | enpreytes |
| 3rd plur. | empristront |
Future
| 1st sing. | enprendrai |
| 2nd sing. | emprendras |
| 3rd sing. | emprendra |
| 1st plur. | emprenderons |
| 2nd plur. | emprenderés |
| 3rd plur. | emprendrunt |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | emprendroi |
| 2nd sing. | emprendroies |
| 3rd sing. | empreigneroit |
| 1st plur. | emprendrions |
| 2nd plur. | emprendriez |
| 3rd plur. | emprendereient |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | emprenge |
| 2nd sing. | empreinnes |
| 3rd sing. | emprenge; enprenge |
| 1st plur. | empernoms |
| 2nd plur. | emprecyez |
| 3rd plur. | empreingnent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | empreise |
| 2nd sing. | empreis |
| 3rd sing. | enpreist |
| 1st plur. | empreissom |
| 2nd plur. | empreciez |
| 3rd plur. | enpreissent |
Sample Sentences
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E Tristrans l’ emprist pur s’amur Si lui rendi molt dur estur
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Pur Everard le moine ke cest overane aprent [...] Priez [...] Ke Deus [...] lui doint la grace Ke ceste chose face
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quant deable ad enprise Bataille cuntre Seinte Eglise
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Ja tant hardement n’ enpreist Qe fors del soeil le pié meist
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Ore prium Deux ke il otreyt a moy e a ceuz par ky enprenk cet overe fere […]
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fole hardiesce, ceo est emprendre folie de ferir, naufrer e ocire
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Sire, dist l’erceveske, ad ta perdicioun Vols tu gwere enprendre
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La grande folie qe li quens emprent
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le ours enprenst graunt bataile od cel malleit […]; il fiert de piee cel malleit […]
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Coment enprendrai jo la cure De requere vostre cher fiz [...]?
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Deu li cumanda emprendre De l’enfant cure
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iço feseit Por tant q’il vot [...] Destorner sei [...] Q’il n’ enpreist tant grant office
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Ja n’ert meillur garnissement Ke cil ke sage quor enprent
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Mustrez nous la processe cum Jhesu fu peiné Quant la mort emprist
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sa croyz deyt enprendre Ke aprés mey voudra tendre
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de tant cum [li] huem u la femme unt enpris plus estreite vie
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Dount enprent il dure vie, Car mescreaunt de aise n’avera poer
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le chanceller, empreignant a soun theme les paroles ensuantz […]
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: il emprist cest apel qe a ly ne appendit
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il dust aver venu par temps et enpris tenance de l’entier
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | empregne |
| 1st plur. | emparnoums |
| 2nd plur. | empernez |
Translations
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1.
to undertake, enter into, upon
(v.a.)
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2.
to begin
(v.a.)
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3.
to take
(v.a.)
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4.
to seize
(v.a.)
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5.
to take, receive
(v.a.)
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6.
to take (prisoner), seize
(v.a.)
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1.
to undertake enterprises
(v.absol.)
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1.
to catch fire, light
(v.n.)