graignor
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Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin grandiōrem, the accusative of grandior.
Adjective[edit]
graignor (oblique singular, nominative singular graindre)
- comparative degree of grant ("bigger").
- c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
- c'onques chevaliers n'ot greignor.
- There has never been a greater knight.
- superlative degree of grant ("biggest").
Descendants[edit]
- Middle French: greigneur
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (graignor)