chevauchier

• chevaucher

From Old French chevauchier.

chevauchier

1. to mount a horse
2. to ride a horse
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 71:

     Lancelot qui fut entré en la forest chevaucha tout le iour sans boire & sans menger

     Lancelot, who entered in to the forest, rode the entire day without drinking or eating

3. to navigate (something) on horseback
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 32:

     en chevauchant ung moult estroit sentier

     while navigating a very narrow path on horseback

• As parler except the additional i in the infinitive does not appear in many forms.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• French: chevaucher

• kevalkier (northern)
• chevalchier, chevalcher, chevalcer

From Late Latin caballicāre, from Latin caballus (“nag, jade”).

chevauchier

1. to mount a horse
2. to ride on horseback, usually for the purpose of raiding and pillaging

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.

• deschevalchier
• enchevalchier

• Middle French: chevauchier
  • French: chevaucher
• Norman: quevauquier
• Picard: cvaukier