ancester (c.1245)

ancester (c.1245)

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  FEW:  antecessor 24,642b Gdf: GdfC:  ancestre 8,118b TL: DEAF:  ancessor (ancestor)  / ancessor (ancestre)  DMF:  ancêtre  TLF:  ancêtre  OED:  ancestor n.  MED:  auncestre n.  DMLBS:
ancestre;  auncester,  auncestor,  auncestour,  auncestre;  hauncestre,  auncestrer  75
pl. auncostres (l. auncestres)  ii 144  

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1lawkinshipascendant, one from whom estate derives
( 1258-59 )  si le heir seit de age quant sun ancestre mort  474
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  covendra acune foiz counter par mi les degrez voides, sicum en cas ou le fiz einzné, qi ad engendrure, se lest morir avaunt soen auncestre  ii 322
2 predecessor
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  E vout ke cist (=new Pope) […] face eu registre mettre Tuz les ottreiz sun ancestre  2289
comun ancester
1lawcommon ancestor of two or more heirs
( 1304 )  W., le comune auncestre, de qy estat Sare porte ceo bref, fut tresael a J. soun (=Sare’s) parcener  32-33 Ed I 215
( 1338 )  I. dit qe lour comune auncestre morust seisi, aprés qi mort eles entrerent en ceste terre […] et purpartie se fist  11-12 Ed III 601
ancesserie  ancessur  ancestrel  ancestrie  antecessour 
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ancester