cercer

Old French

Verb

cercer

1. (Early Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of cerchier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		cercer			aveir cercéṭ
gerund		en cerçant			gerund of aveir + past participle
present participle		cerçant
past participle		cercéṭ
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cerz	cerces	cerceṭ	cerçons	cercez	cercent
	imperfect	cerceie, cerçoue, cerceve	cerceies, cerçoues, cerceves	cerceit, cerçout, cerceveṭ	cerciiens	cerciiez	cerceient, cerçouent, cercevent
	preterite	cerçai	cerças	cerçaṭ	cerçames	cerçastes	cercerent
	future	cercerai	cerceras	cerceraṭ	cercerons	cercereiz, cercerez	cerceront
	conditional	cercereie	cercereies	cercereit	cerceriiens	cerceriiez	cercereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of aveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of aveir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of aveir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of aveir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of aveir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	cerz	cerz	cerzt	cerçons	cercez	cercent
	imperfect	cerçasse	cerçasses	cerçast	cercissons, cercissiens	cercisseiz, cercissez, cercissiez	cerçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of aveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of aveir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	cerce	—	cerçons	cercez	—