ancienor

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *antiānōrum, genitive plural of Vulgar Latin *antiānus. One of the few survivals of the Latin genitive plural as invariable adjectives in medieval Romance, cf. Old French crestienor (Christian), francor (French), paienor (pagan), and Old Spanish juzgo (legal, of the judges).

Adjective

ancienor

  1. of the ancients; ancient
    • mid-late 11th century, anonymous author, Vie de saint Alexis [Life of saint Alexius] (overall work in Old French), stanza 1; republished as Gaston Paris, editor, La vie de saint Alexis (Recueil de travaux originaux ou traduits; 5)‎, Paris, 1872, page 139:
      Bons fut li siecles al tens ancienor,
      Quer feit i ert e justise et amor,
      Si ert credance, dont or n’i at nul prot
      Good were the centuries in the ancient time, for both justice and love were accomplished, thus there was faith, which is now no advantage

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (ancienor)
  • E. Einhorn, Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge University Press, 1974, page 29, →ISBN