errer

From Old French errer, from Latin errāre.

• IPA^(key): /e.ʁe/

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errer

1. (intransitive) to wander, to wander about

• errance

• errant

• “errer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

errer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of errō

errer

1. Alternative form of erere

From Latin errāre, present active infinitive of errō.

errer

1. to walk (to); to wander (to)
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Par li païs les lait errer

     [He] let them walk through the countryside

2. (figuratively) to travel; to voyage
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Al Reis Ros fist assaveir
     K'errer voleit e la croix prendre

     He let William Rufus know
     That he wanted to travel [to Jerusalem] and take the cross

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rr, *-rrs, *-rrt are modified to r, rs, rt. This verb has a stressed present stem oirr distinct from the unstressed stem err. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• errant

• English: err
• French: errer
• Norman: èrrer (Jersey)