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encerchier
encerchier
Old French
Verb
encerchier
- to look for; to search for
- circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
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K'il ne fust priz ne encerchié
- So that he wouldn't be taken nor looked for
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K'il ne fust priz ne encerchié
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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. 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 encerchier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | encerchier | avoir encerchié | |||||
| gerund | en encerchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | encerchant | ||||||
| past participle | encerchié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | encerche | encerches | encerche | encerchons | encerchiez | encerchent |
| imperfect | encerchoie, encercheie, encerchoe, encerchieve | encerchoies, encercheies, encerchoes, encerchieves | encerchoit, encercheit, encerchot, encerchieve | encerchiiens, encerchiens | encerchiiez, encerchiez | encerchoient, encercheient, encerchoent, encerchievent | |
| preterite | encerchai | encerchas | encercha | encerchames | encerchastes | encerchierent | |
| future | encercherai | encercheras | encerchera | encercherons | encercheroiz, encerchereiz, encercherez | encercheront | |
| conditional | encercheroie, encerchereie | encercheroies, encerchereies | encercheroit, encerchereit | encercheriiens, encercheriens | encercheriiez, encercheriez | encercheroient, encerchereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | encerche | encerches | encerche | encerchons | encerchiez | encerchent |
| imperfect | encerchasse | encerchasses | encerchast | encerchissons, encerchissiens | encerchissoiz, encerchissez, encerchissiez | encerchassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | encerche | — | encerchons | encerchiez | — | ||