encercher

Middle English

Noun

encercher

1. alternative form of ensercher

Old French

Verb

encercher

1. (typically Anglo-Norman) alternative form of encerchier

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 encercher (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		encercher			avoir encerché
gerund		en encerchant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		encerchant
past participle		encerché
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	encerche	encerches	encerche	encerchons	encerchez	encerchent
	imperfect	encerchoie, encercheie, encerchoe, encercheve	encerchoies, encercheies, encerchoes, encercheves	encerchoit, encercheit, encerchot, encercheve	encerchiiens, encerchiens	encerchiiez, encerchiez	encerchoient, encercheient, encerchoent, encerchevent
	preterite	encerchai	encerchas	encercha	encerchames	encerchastes	encercherent
	future	encercherai	encercheras	encerchera	encercherons	encercheroiz, encerchereiz, encercherez	encercheront
	conditional	encercheroie, encerchereie	encercheroies, encerchereies	encercheroit, encerchereit	encercheriiens, encercheriens	encercheriiez, encercheriez	encercheroient, encerchereient
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	encerche	encerches	encerche	encerchons	encerchez	encerchent
	imperfect	encerchasse	encerchasses	encerchast	encerchissons, encerchissiens	encerchissoiz, encerchissez, encerchissiez	encerchassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	encerche	—	encerchons	encerchez	—

References

• encercher on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub