soverain
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Old French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Probably from Vulgar Latin root *superānus, from Latin super.
Adjective [edit]
soverain m (feminine soveraine)
- sovereign
- circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
- que par Deu, le soverain pere,
cui ge voldroie m'ame randre,- That by God, the sovereign father
to whom I wish to give my soul
- That by God, the sovereign father
- que par Deu, le soverain pere,
- circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal: