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)

1. A searcher; a investigator or scrutiniser.
2. One who performs checkups or quality control:
   1. An individual employed by a guild to ensure adherence to guild guidelines.
   2. An individual who levies duties and examines the quality of trade goods.
   3. (rare) A investigator of watches or postings.
3. 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.

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Old French

Verb

sercher

1. (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			gerund of avoir + 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	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	serche	serches	serche	serchons	serchez	serchent
	imperfect	serchasse	serchasses	serchast	serchissons, serchissiens	serchissoiz, serchissez, serchissiez	serchassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	serche	—	serchons	serchez	—

References

• sercher on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub