bruir

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *brōjan (“to boil, burn”).

Verb

bruir

1. to burn

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of bruir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		bruir			avoir broï, bruï
gerund		en bruiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		bruiant
past participle		broï, bruï
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	brui	bruis	bruit	bruions	bruiiez	bruient
	imperfect	bruioie, bruieie	bruioies, bruieies	bruioit, bruieit	bruiiiens, bruiiens	bruiiiez, bruiiez	bruioient, bruieient
	preterite	broï, bruï	broïs, bruïs	broï, bruï	broïmes, bruïmes	broïstes, bruïstes	broïrent, bruïrent
	future	bruirai	bruiras	bruira	bruirons	bruiroiz, bruireiz, bruirez	bruiront
	conditional	bruiroie, bruireie	bruiroies, bruireies	bruiroit, bruireit	bruiriiens, bruiriens	bruiriiez, bruiriez	bruiroient, bruireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	bruie	bruies	bruie	bruiiens, bruions	bruiiez	bruient
	imperfect	broïsse, bruïsse	broïsses, bruïsses	broïst, bruïst	broïssons, broïssiens, bruïssons, bruïssiens	broïssoiz, broïssez, broïssiez, bruïssoiz, bruïssez, bruïssiez	broïssent, bruïssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	brui	—	bruions	bruiiez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: bruir
  • French: brouir (dialectal)
• ⇒ Old French: brusler, bruller, bruler, bruiller, broiller (merger with Old French usler, from Latin ustulō)
  • Middle French: brusler
    • French: brûler
  • Picard: bruleu (Athois)
  • Walloon: brûler (Charleroi), brûlè (Forrières), broûler (Liégeois)
  • → Middle English: broilen, broillen, broylen, broyllen, brulen
    • English: broil
    • Scots: brule, brole, brulye, bruilye, brulyie, bruilyie, bryle, broolie