assercher

Old French

Etymology

a- (“to, towards”) +‎ sercher (“to look for”), Anglo-Norman variant of Old French acherchier.

Verb

assercher

1. (Anglo-Norman) to search for; to look for.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		assercher			avoir asserché
gerund		en asserchant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		asserchant
past participle		asserché
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	asserche	asserches	asserche	asserchons	asserchez	asserchent
	imperfect	asserchoie, assercheie, asserchoe, assercheve	asserchoies, assercheies, asserchoes, assercheves	asserchoit, assercheit, asserchot, assercheve	asserchiiens, asserchiens	asserchiiez, asserchiez	asserchoient, assercheient, asserchoent, asserchevent
	preterite	asserchai	asserchas	assercha	asserchames	asserchastes	assercherent
	future	assercherai	assercheras	asserchera	assercherons	assercheroiz, asserchereiz, assercherez	assercheront
	conditional	assercheroie, asserchereie	assercheroies, asserchereies	assercheroit, asserchereit	assercheriiens, assercheriens	assercheriiez, assercheriez	assercheroient, asserchereient
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	asserche	asserches	asserche	asserchons	asserchez	asserchent
	imperfect	asserchasse	asserchasses	asserchast	asserchissons, asserchissiens	asserchissoiz, asserchissez, asserchissiez	asserchassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	asserche	—	asserchons	asserchez	—

Descendants

• → Middle English: aserchen

References

• assercher on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub