guenchir

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French guenchir.

Verb

guenchir

1. to change direction

References

• guenchir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Alternative forms

• ganchir, genchir, guinchir
• wenchir, winchir (Old Northern French)

Etymology

From Frankish *wenkijan, from Proto-Germanic *wankijaną.

Verb

guenchir

1. to change direction
2. to avoid
3. to evade; to elude

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of guenchir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		guenchir			avoir guenchi
gerund		en guenchissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		guenchissant
past participle		guenchi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	guenchis	guenchis	guenchist	guenchissons	guenchissez	guenchissent
	imperfect	guenchissoie, guenchisseie	guenchissoies, guenchisseies	guenchissoit, guenchisseit	guenchissiiens, guenchissiens	guenchissiiez, guenchissiez	guenchissoient, guenchisseient
	preterite	guenchi	guenchis	guenchi	guenchimes	guenchistes	guenchirent
	future	guenchirai	guenchiras	guenchira	guenchirons	guenchiroiz, guenchireiz, guenchirez	guenchiront
	conditional	guenchiroie, guenchireie	guenchiroies, guenchireies	guenchiroit, guenchireit	guenchiriiens, guenchiriens	guenchiriiez, guenchiriez	guenchiroient, guenchireient
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	guenchisse	guenchisses	guenchisse	guenchissons	guenchissez	guenchissent
	imperfect	guenchisse	guenchisses	guenchist	guenchissons, guenchissiens	guenchissoiz, guenchissez, guenchissiez	guenchissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	guenchis	—	guenchissons	guenchissez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: guenchir, genchir
  • French: guenchir
• Middle English: wynchen, wenchen
  • English: wince
  • Scots: winche, winch

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (guenchir)