marchier

Norman

Alternative forms

• marchi (Jersey, continental Normandy)

Etymology

From Old French marchier, from Frankish *markōn.

Verb

marchier

1. (Guernsey) to walk

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *markōn, from Proto-Germanic *markōną.

Verb

marchier

1. to walk; to travel by foot
   • c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence li miracles que Nostre Dame fist dou soucretain et d'une dame:

     Et vos qui au marchié marchiez[.]

     And you who are walking to the market.

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. 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 marchier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		marchier			avoir marchié
gerund		en marchant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		marchant
past participle		marchié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	marche	marches	marche	marchons	marchiez	marchent
	imperfect	marchoie, marcheie, marchoe, marchieve	marchoies, marcheies, marchoes, marchieves	marchoit, marcheit, marchot, marchieve	marchiiens, marchiens	marchiiez, marchiez	marchoient, marcheient, marchoent, marchievent
	preterite	marchai	marchas	marcha	marchames	marchastes	marchierent
	future	marcherai	marcheras	marchera	marcherons	marcheroiz, marchereiz, marcherez	marcheront
	conditional	marcheroie, marchereie	marcheroies, marchereies	marcheroit, marchereit	marcheriiens, marcheriens	marcheriiez, marcheriez	marcheroient, marchereient
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	marche	marches	marche	marchons	marchiez	marchent
	imperfect	marchasse	marchasses	marchast	marchissons, marchissiens	marchissoiz, marchissez, marchissiez	marchassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	marche	—	marchons	marchiez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: marcher
  • French: marcher
  • → Middle English: marchen
    • English: march
• Norman: marchi (Jersey, continental Normandy), marchier (Guernsey)