graignor
Old French
Alternative forms
- greignor
- gregnor
Etymology
From Latin grandiōrem, the accusative of grandior.
Adjective
graignor (oblique singular, nominative singular graindre)
- comparative degree of grant: bigger.
- c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
- c'onques chevaliers n'ot greignor.
- There has never been a greater knight.
- superlative degree of grant: biggest.
Descendants
- Middle French: greigneur
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (graignor)