ancesur (s.xii2/4)
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ancesur (s.xii2/4)

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[ FEW: 24,642b antecessor; Gdf: 1,283b ancesor; GdfC: 8,118b ancestre; TL: 1,379 ancessor; DEAF:  ancessor / ancessor (ancestor) / ancessor (ancestre); DMF:  ancêtre; TLF:  ancêtre; OED:  ancestor n.; MED:  auncestre n.; DMLBS: 92c antecessor ]
anceseur,  anceisor,  anceisur,  ancessor,  ancessur,  ancessour;  ancester,  ancestre;  aunceisor,  aunceisur,  auncessore,  auncester,  auncestour,  auncestor,  auncestre;  hauncestre;  ancheisur,  anchesor,  auncestrer  75, 
pl. auncostres (l. auncestres)  ii 144  

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1kinshipancestor, forebear: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: c.1200 ) Iceste piere, si cume noz aunceisurs distrent, fait hume devin  107.XXXIII.3
( 1140-60; MS: 1140-60 )  pur les anemes a mes perres e mes anceisurs reis  265.1.26
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Pur la hunte e pur le viltage Del noble pople e del lignage Dardani al bon ancesur  229
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Del lignage a l’emperur Sui jeo, e mi ancesur  5676
( s.xiiim; MS: c.1300 )  Jadis al tens nos ancessour  96
( 1258-59 )  seient tenuz les turns en la manere ke furent tenuz al tens as ancesurs nostre seignur le rei  473
2predecessor: 
( 1140-60; MS: 1140-60 ) Altretel maniere les tenures e les franchetez e les dignitez ki [...] par nostre anceisur le bon apostolie Victor sunt cunfermees  269.29
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  E vout ke cist (=new Pope) […] face eu registre mettre Tuz les ottreiz sun ancestre  2289
♦lawascendant, 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
comun ancesur
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
antecessour 
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