tancier

Old French

Verb

tancier

1. (reflexive, se tancier) to occupy oneself with (a task, etc.)
2. to protect; to guard

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. 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 tancier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tancier			avoir tancié
gerund		en tançant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		tançant
past participle		tancié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	tanz	tances	tance	tançons	tanciez	tancent
	imperfect	tançoie, tanceie, tançoe, tancieve	tançoies, tanceies, tançoes, tancieves	tançoit, tanceit, tançot, tancieve	tanciiens, tanciens	tanciiez, tanciez	tançoient, tanceient, tançoent, tancievent
	preterite	tançai	tanças	tança	tançames	tançastes	tancierent
	future	tancerai	tanceras	tancera	tancerons	tanceroiz, tancereiz, tancerez	tanceront
	conditional	tanceroie, tancereie	tanceroies, tancereies	tanceroit, tancereit	tanceriiens, tanceriens	tanceriiez, tanceriez	tanceroient, tancereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	tanz	tanz	tanzt	tançons	tanciez	tancent
	imperfect	tançasse	tançasses	tançast	tancissons, tancissiens	tancissoiz, tancissez, tancissiez	tançassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	tance	—	tançons	tanciez	—

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (tencer)