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").
- circa 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 IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (graignor)

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