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dancier
dancier
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *dansōn (compare Old High German danson)
Verb
dancier
- to dance
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Puceles carolent et dancent
- Young maidens, singing and dancing
- Puceles carolent et dancent
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
-
la reïne por lui atandre;
ses puceles avoit fet prandre
totes ansanble por dancier
et por grant joie comancier.- The queen, while waiting
took her maidens
together to dance
to start the festivity
- The queen, while waiting
-
la reïne por lui atandre;
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of dancier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dancier | avoir dancié | |||||
| gerund | en dançant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | dançant | ||||||
| past participle | dancié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | danz | dances | dance | dançons | danciez | dancent |
| imperfect | dançoie, danceie, dançoe, dancieve | dançoies, danceies, dançoes, dancieves | dançoit, danceit, dançot, dancieve | danciiens, danciens | danciiez, danciez | dançoient, danceient, dançoent, dancievent | |
| preterite | dançai | danças | dança | dançames | dançastes | dancierent | |
| future | dancerai | danceras | dancera | dancerons | danceroiz, dancereiz, dancerez | danceront | |
| conditional | danceroie, dancereie | danceroies, dancereies | danceroit, dancereit | danceriiens, danceriens | danceriiez, danceriez | danceroient, dancereient | |
| 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 | danz | danz | danzt | dançons | danciez | dancent |
| imperfect | dançasse | dançasses | dançast | dancissons, dancissiens | dancissoiz, dancissez, dancissiez | dançassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | dance | — | dançons | danciez | — | ||