enhaucier

Old French

Alternative forms

enhalcer
anhauncer, enhauncer, enhaunsier (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *inaltiāre, with the /h/ taken from haut.

Verb

enhaucier

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 enhaucier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		enhaucier			avoir enhaucié
gerund		en enhauçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		enhauçant
past participle		enhaucié
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	enhauz	enhauces	enhauce	enhauçons	enhauciez	enhaucent
	imperfect	enhauçoie, enhauceie, enhauçoe, enhaucieve	enhauçoies, enhauceies, enhauçoes, enhaucieves	enhauçoit, enhauceit, enhauçot, enhaucieve	enhauciiens, enhauciens	enhauciiez, enhauciez	enhauçoient, enhauceient, enhauçoent, enhaucievent
	preterite	enhauçai	enhauças	enhauça	enhauçames	enhauçastes	enhaucierent
	future	enhaucerai	enhauceras	enhaucera	enhaucerons	enhauceroiz, enhaucereiz, enhaucerez	enhauceront
	conditional	enhauceroie, enhaucereie	enhauceroies, enhaucereies	enhauceroit, enhaucereit	enhauceriiens, enhauceriens	enhauceriiez, enhauceriez	enhauceroient, enhaucereient
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	enhauz	enhauz	enhauzt	enhauçons	enhauciez	enhaucent
simple tenses	imperfect	enhauçasse	enhauçasses	enhauçast	enhaucissons, enhaucissiens	enhaucissoiz, enhaucissez, enhaucissiez	enhauçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	enhauce	—	enhauçons	enhauciez	—

Descendants

→ Middle English: enhauncen, anhansy, anhaunse, anhaunsen, enhance, enhansen, enhaunce, enhaunse, enhaunsyn, enhawnce, enhawse, in-hawnse (via an Anglo-Norman variant with /n/)
- English: enhance

References

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

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