Infinitive
ker; kere; kerer; queire; qere; qerre; quer; querer; querir; querre; querrer; quiere
Participles
| Present | qerant; qerrant; querant; queraunt; querrant |
| Past | quis; quys |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | coer; queor; quer; quere; querge; quier; quir; quoer; quor |
| 2nd sing. | queers; queors; queres; quers; querz; quiers; quierz |
| 3rd sing. | qert; queort; quert; quieort; quiert; quoert |
| 1st plur. | querum; querums |
| 2nd plur. | querés; querez; quergez; querrez |
| 3rd plur. | queorent; querent; quergent; querrent; querunt; quierent; quieront; quirent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | queseie |
| 2nd sing. | quereies |
| 3rd sing. | kereit; quereit; queroyt; querroit |
| 1st plur. | quesiasmez |
| 2nd plur. | queriez |
| 3rd plur. | quereient; queroient; querreient; querreyent; querroient; quisoient |
Preterite
| 1st sing. | quis |
| 2nd sing. | quesis |
| 3rd sing. | queist; queit; quisit; quist; quit; quite; quyt |
| 1st plur. | querames; quesimes; queymes |
| 2nd plur. | queistes |
| 3rd plur. | quisterent; quistrent |
Future
| 1st sing. | querai; queray; querrai |
| 2nd sing. | queras; querras |
| 3rd sing. | quera; querast; querra; querrat |
| 1st plur. | querrom; querrons; querrum |
| 2nd plur. | querretz; querrez |
| 3rd plur. | querrunt |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | querree; querreie; querrereie |
| 2nd sing. | queroies |
| 3rd sing. | kereit; querreit; querroit |
| 1st plur. | querioms |
| 2nd plur. | queriez |
| 3rd plur. | quereyunt |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | quee |
| 2nd sing. | quaces |
| 3rd sing. | quere; querge; quiere; quiered; quierge |
| 1st plur. | queum |
| 2nd plur. | queez |
| 3rd plur. | quisent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | queise; queisse |
| 3rd sing. | queist; queit; quesist |
| 1st plur. | queissoms |
| 2nd plur. | queiste |
| 3rd plur. | queissent; quisissent |
Sample Sentences
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E s’est hom que la voille querre, Nef pez la poet troer en tere
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'Sire,' dist il, '[...] Quis ai ta femme; un an est passé Ke ele s'en ala o le vailant palmer [...]'. 'Mahom!' dist li rois [...] 'ou le trovas tu, puplican li vailant?' 'En Engletere, sire [...]'
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sy vint Adam [...] en la sale de Weymustre [...] e ly quit e engayta par my tote la sale
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Avynt un jour qe deus hommes quistrent un cirurgien au fitz le roy malade
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souvent sount mys de querer et espier dettours du Roi
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Uns povres hoem querant refui
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ke quoert la joie du ciel en verai fei La deit mettre en oevere e ne eit pas esperaunce En ses merites demeine, mes en grace
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qi est trop chargé de chateux [...] quierge l'amur de felun seignur
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Quant porrez porter armes, si vendrés issi le emperur quere com pruz e hardi
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Il issent fors encontre lur enemis, Ferment les querent les glaives enmi le vis
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Ne est il feble champion ke fert vers les piez e ke quiert son compaignon si bas?
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E si vus i vint cuntez Enceis que vus vengez Enz es .xiii. kalendes De mai, que ben l'entendes, Iloc tun terme averas De l'an que tu queras
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Le num del leu que tu quesis , C'est as Oiseus li Parais
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Quistrent valees, quistrent plaines [...], Unc cerf ne bisse ne troverent
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E si vus demandez Pur quei furent truvez, Macrobe querez ; Iloec le truverez El Sunge Scipïun U demustret raisun
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Les causes, les signes, les cures quere l'en en lor propres chapitres
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Demaundetz a la espeserie un lyvere de antidotere; si fetetz quer la receyte de sal sacerdotal
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la partie purra dire qe la certificacioun n'est pas pleyne si vous ne diez en quel roule. Herle le dit, et fut quis
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pur ceo gardetz vos jours as utaves de seint Michel et querretz le recorde
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Ils quisterent Roulle et troverent son garrant variant al bref
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | quai |
| 1st plur. | queum |
| 2nd plur. | querés; querez; querretz; querrez |
Translations
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1.
to search, look for, try to find,to wish upon,to seek, want to,to find out, investigate whether,to find occasion, pretext for,to seek help,to wish well, have good intentions with,to make application before a court for a grant of a writ,to ask leave, request permission (to leave),to mean harm (to),to seek to deceive,to make a living,to mean harm to,to beg (for food),to inquire after the truth, investigate a statement,to go looking for
(v.a.)
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2.
to be looking for, ask after (information)
(v.a.)
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3.
to request, appeal for
(v.a.)
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4.
to desire, wish, strive for
(v.a.)
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5.
to fetch, obtain, (go and) get
(v.a.)
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6.
to be short of, lack
(v.a.)
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1.
to desire more
(v.n.)
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1.
to search, have a look (for oneself),to make application before a court for a grant of a writ
(v.refl.)
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2.
to request, appeal for
(v.refl.)
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3.
to desire, wish, strive for
(v.refl.)