walcrer
Old French
Alternative forms
- vagrer (the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub lists walcrer as a variant of vagrer, while the Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle lists them as separate but synonymous words)
- wacrer
- waucrer
Verb
walcrer
- (intransitive); to wander; to wander about; to wander around
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 walcrer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | walcrer | avoir walcré | |||||
| gerund | en walcrant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | walcrant | ||||||
| past participle | walcré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | walcre | walcres | walcre | walcrons | walcrez | walcrent |
| imperfect | walcroie, walcreie, walcroe, walcreve | walcroies, walcreies, walcroes, walcreves | walcroit, walcreit, walcrot, walcreve | walcriiens, walcriens | walcriiez, walcriez | walcroient, walcreient, walcroent, walcrevent | |
| preterite | walcrai | walcras | walcra | walcrames | walcrastes | walcrerent | |
| future | walcrerai | walcreras | walcrera | walcrerons | walcreroiz, walcrereiz, walcrerez | walcreront | |
| conditional | walcreroie, walcrereie | walcreroies, walcrereies | walcreroit, walcrereit | walcreriiens, walcreriens | walcreriiez, walcreriez | walcreroient, walcrereient | |
| 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 | walcre | walcres | walcre | walcrons | walcrez | walcrent |
| imperfect | walcrasse | walcrasses | walcrast | walcrissons, walcrissiens | walcrissoiz, walcrissez, walcrissiez | walcrassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | walcre | — | walcrons | walcrez | — | ||
Derived terms
- walcrant (adjective)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (walcrer)
- vagrer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub