dancier

Old French

Verb

dancier

1. Alternative form of dancer.
   • circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     la reïne por lui atandre;
     ses puceles avoit fet prandre
     totes ansanble por dancier
     et por grant joie comancier.

     The queen, while waiting
     took her maidens
     together to dance
     to start the festivity

Conjugation

• This verb conjugates the same as a verb ending in -ier, where the i is dropped most of the time. In addition, c becomes ç before an 'a' or an 'o'. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		dancier			avoir dancié, danciez
gerund		en dançant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		dançant
past participle		dancié, danciez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	dance	dances	dance	dancions	danciez, danciés	dancent
	imperfect	dançoe, danceie, dançoie	dançoes, danceies, dançoies	dançot, danceit, dançoit	dancions, danciions	danciez, danciiez	dançoent, dancient, dançoient
	past historic	dança	danças	dança	dançames	dançastes	dancerent
	future	dancierai	dancieras	danciera	dancierons	dancierez, danciereiz	dancieront
	conditional	danceroe, dancereie, danceroie	danceroes, dancereied, danceroied	dancerot, dancereie, danceroie	dancerions, danceriions	danceriez, danceriiez	danceroent, dancereient, danceroient
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	dance	dances	dance	dançons	dancez	dancent
	imperfect	dançasse	dançasses	dançast	dancissons	dancissez, dancissiez	dançassent
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	–
		—	dance	—	dancions	danciez	—