querre

See also: querré and quèrre

Middle English

Noun

querre

1. alternative form of quyrre (“quarry”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• quere

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
  • French: quérir
    • Sabir: quérir
• Picard: queurre
• Walloon: cweri