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

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anceseur,  anceisor,  anceisur,  ancessor,  ancessur,  ancessour;  ancester,  ancestre;  aunceisor,  aunceisur,  auncessore,  auncester,  auncestour,  auncestor,  auncestre;  hauncestre;  ancheisur,  anchesor  (auncestrer  Stat York 75 ),
(pl. auncostres (l. auncestres)  Rot Parl1 ii 144)  
  FEW:  antecessor 24,642b Gdf:  ancesor 1,283b GdfC:  ancestre 8,118b TL: ancessor 1,379 DEAF:  ancessor  / ancessor (ancestor)  / ancessor (ancestre)  DMF:  ancêtre  TLF:  ancêtre  OED:  ancestor n.  MED:  auncestre n.  DMLBS:  antecessor 92c

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1kinshipancestor, forebear: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: c.1200 ) Iceste piere, si cume noz aunceisurs distrent, fait hume devin  Lapid 107.XXXIII.3
( 1140-60; MS: 1140-60 )  pur les anemes a mes perres e mes anceisurs reis  Ely Arch 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  Brut WACE 229
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Del lignage a l’emperur Sui jeo, e mi ancesur  S Clem ANTS 5676
( s.xiiim; MS: c.1300 )  Jadis al tens nos ancessour  Dial Jul 96
( 1258-59 )  seient tenuz les turns en la manere ke furent tenuz al tens as ancesurs nostre seignur le rei  Ann Burt 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  Ely Arch 269.29
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  E vout ke cist (=new Pope) […] face eu registre mettre Tuz les ottreiz sun ancestre  S Edw paris ANTS 2289
♦lawascendant, one from whom estate derives: 
( 1258-59 )  si le heir seit de age quant sun ancestre mort  Ann Burt 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  BRITT ii 322
comun ancesur
lawcommon 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  YBB 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  YBB 11-12 Ed III 601

See also:

antecessour 
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