querre

See also: querré and quèrre

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin quaerere, present active infinitive of quaerō.

Verb

querre

  1. to seek; to search for
    • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 170 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, 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 Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 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 preterite 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 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 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 vos –
— quier — querons querez —

Descendants
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