querre

See also: querré and quèrre

Middle English

Noun

querre

  1. alternative form of quyrre (“quarry”)

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quaerere. The past participle's origin is unknown; Latin quaesītus would have yielded **quésit

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈk(w)ɛrə/

Verb

querre

  1. to seek; to search for
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 170, line 2077:
      quert li a beivre e a manger
      he searched for something for him to eat and drink

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem quier distinct from the unstressed stem quer, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of querre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive querre avoir quis
gerund en querant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle querant
past participle quis
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present quier quiers quiert querons querez quierent
imperfect queroie, quereie queroies, quereies queroit, quereit queriiens, queriens queriiez, queriez queroient, quereient
preterite quis queṣis quist queṣimes queṣistes quisdrent
future querrai querras querra querrons querroiz, querreiz, querrez querront
conditional querroie, querreie querroies, querreies querroit, querreit querriiens, querriens querriiez, querriez querroient, querreient
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 quiere, quierge quieres, quierges quiere, quierge querons, quiergiens, quierjons querez, quiergiez quierent, quiergent
imperfect queṣisse queṣisses queṣist queṣissons, queṣissiens queṣissoiz, queṣissez, queṣissiez queṣissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— quier — querons querez —

Descendants

  • Bourguignon: queri
  • Champenois: queri
  • Franc-Comtois: tchri
  • Middle French: querir
  • Picard: queurre
  • Walloon: cweri
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