mercyer

Middle French

Etymology

Old French mercier.

Verb

mercyer

1. to thank

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of mercyer

infinitive	simple	mercyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	mercyant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		mercyé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	mercye	mercyes	mercye	mercyons	mercyez	mercyent
	imperfect	mercyois, mercyoys	mercyois, mercyoys	mercyoit, mercyoyt	mercyions, mercyyons	mercyiez, mercyyez	mercyoient, mercyoyent
	past historic	mercya	mercyas	mercya	mercyasmes	mercyastes	mercyerent
	future	mercyerai, mercyeray	mercyeras	mercyera	mercyerons	mercyerez	mercyeront
	conditional	mercyerois, mercyeroys	mercyerois, mercyeroys	mercyeroit, mercyeroyt	mercyerions, mercyeryons	mercyeriez, mercyeryez	mercyeroient, mercyeroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	mercye	mercyes	mercye	mercyons	mercyez	mercyent
	imperfect	mercyasse	mercyasses	mercyast	mercyassions	mercyassiez	mercyassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	mercye	—	mercyons	mercyez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).