cercer

Old French

Verb

cercer

1. Early Old French form of cerchier

Conjugation

• This verb is part of an group of -er verbs, for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’. 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			avoir cercé, cercez
gerund		en cerçant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		cerçant
past participle		cercé, cercez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	cerce	cerces	cerce	cerçons	cercez, cercés	cercent
	imperfect	cerçoe, cerceie, cerçoie	cerçoes, cerceies, cerçoies	cerçot, cerceit, cerçoit	cercions, cerciions	cerciez, cerciiez	cerçoent, cerient, cerçoient
	past historic	cerça	cerças	cerça	cerçames	cerçastes	cercerent
	future	cercerai	cerceras	cercera	cercerons	cercerez, cercereiz	cerceront
	conditional	cerceroe, cercereie, cerceroie	cerceroes, cercereied, cerceroied	cercerot, cercereie, cerceroie	cercerions, cerceriions	cerceriez, cerceriiez	cerceroent, cercereient, cerceroient
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 past historic 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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	cerce	cerces	cerce	cerçons	cercez	cercent
	imperfect	cerçasse	cerçasses	cerçast	cercissons	cercissez, cercissiez	cerçassent
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, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	cerce	—	cerçons	cercez	—