antecessour (1284)

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antecessour (1284)

  FEW:  antecessor 24,643a Gdf:  antecesseur 1,301a GdfC: TL: antecessor 1,403 DEAF:  antecessor  DMF:  antécesseur  TLF:  antécesseur  OED:  antecessor n.  MED:  antecessour n.  DMLBS:  antecessor 92c
antecesseur  

s.

1predecessor
( 1284 )  il memes […] e ses antecessours ont feyt priours a lur volonté  ii 685
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  plus vaut a parler des antecessours Qe de ceux qe vivent ore ces jours  46
( 1393-94 )  lour antecessours ou predecessours  iii 324
( 1396 )  nostre dit sire le roi et ses predecesseurs, d'une part, et le treshault et puissant prince son cousin de France et ses antecesseurs, d'autre part  528
ancesserie  ancessur  ancester  ancestrel  ancestrie 
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