guenchir

== Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French guenchir. === Verb === guenchir 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 to change direction to avoid 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. ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: guenchir, genchir French: guenchir Middle English: wynchen, wenchen English: wince Scots: winche, winch === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “guenchir”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.