trobler

Old French

Alternative forms

• torbler
• tourbler
• troubler
• trubler
• turbler

Etymology

With metathesis from torbler, tourbler, turbler, from Vulgar Latin *turbulō, *turbulāre, from the noun Latin turbula, diminutive form of turba, or from turbō, turbāre.

Verb

trobler

1. to trouble; to disrupt; to waylay
   • c. 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     Molt m'an sont or troblé li oel

     My eyes troubled me a lot

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		trobler			avoir troblé
gerund		en troblant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		troblant
past participle		troblé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	troble	trobles	troble	troblons	troblez	troblent
	imperfect	trobloie, trobleie, trobloe, trobleve	trobloies, trobleies, trobloes, trobleves	trobloit, trobleit, troblot, trobleve	trobliiens, trobliens	trobliiez, trobliez	trobloient, trobleient, trobloent, troblevent
	preterite	troblai	troblas	trobla	troblames	troblastes	troblerent
	future	troblerai	trobleras	troblera	troblerons	trobleroiz, troblereiz, troblerez	trobleront
	conditional	trobleroie, troblereie	trobleroies, troblereies	trobleroit, troblereit	trobleriiens, trobleriens	trobleriiez, trobleriez	trobleroient, troblereient
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	troble	trobles	troble	troblons	troblez	troblent
	imperfect	troblasse	troblasses	troblast	troblissons, troblissiens	troblissoiz, troblissez, troblissiez	troblassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	troble	—	troblons	troblez	—

Descendants

• French: troubler
• → Middle English: troublen
  • English: trouble
  • Middle Scots: trubill
    • Scots: trouble, tribble