sercher
Middle English
Alternative forms
- cerejowre, serchere, serchowre, serchour, sercheour
Etymology
From Old French cercheor; equivalent to serchen + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛːrtʃər/, /ˈsɛrtʃər/, /ˈsɛrtʃeːr/, /ˈsɛrtʃuːr/
Noun
sercher (plural serchers)
- A searcher; a investigator or scrutiniser.
- One who performs checkups or quality control:
- An individual employed by a guild to ensure adherence to guild guidelines.
- An individual who levies duties and examines the quality of trade goods.
- (rare) A investigator of watches or postings.
- A medical implement used to extract or examine.
Descendants
- English: searcher
- Scots: saircher
References
- “sē̆rcher(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-10.
Old French
Verb
sercher
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of cerchier
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 sercher (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sercher | avoir serché | |||||
| gerund | en serchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | serchant | ||||||
| past participle | serché | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | serche | serches | serche | serchons | serchez | serchent |
| imperfect | serchoie, sercheie, serchoe, sercheve | serchoies, sercheies, serchoes, sercheves | serchoit, sercheit, serchot, sercheve | serchiiens, serchiens | serchiiez, serchiez | serchoient, sercheient, serchoent, serchevent | |
| preterite | serchai | serchas | sercha | serchames | serchastes | sercherent | |
| future | sercherai | sercheras | serchera | sercherons | sercheroiz, serchereiz, sercherez | sercheront | |
| conditional | sercheroie, serchereie | sercheroies, serchereies | sercheroit, serchereit | sercheriiens, sercheriens | sercheriiez, sercheriez | sercheroient, serchereient | |
| 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 | serche | serches | serche | serchons | serchez | serchent |
| imperfect | serchasse | serchasses | serchast | serchissons, serchissiens | serchissoiz, serchissez, serchissiez | serchassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | serche | — | serchons | serchez | — | ||
References
- sercher on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub