creancer
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English creaunsour, from Anglo-Norman creanceour and Old French creanceor, from creancer.
Noun
editcreancer (plural creancers)
- (obsolete) A creditor. [14th–18th c.]
- (now historical) A guardian or tutor. [from 15th c.]
- 1984, Nicholas Orme, From Childhood to Chivalry, page 68:
- The creancer looked after the young man's money, disciplined him and perhaps gave him some teaching, though the youth went also to the lectures provided by the university and later by the colleges.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 104:
- As Prince Henry's ‘creancer’ or mentor, he had power over the development of the young prince's mind.
Middle English
editNoun
editcreancer
- Alternative form of creaunsour
Middle French
editEtymology
editOld French [Term?], from creance + -er.
Verb
editcreancer
- to promise
Conjugation
edit- As parler except c becomes ç before a and o. May remain c in older manuscripts.
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of creancer
infinitive | simple | creancer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | creançant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | creancé | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | creance | creances | creance | creançons | creancez | creancent |
imperfect | creançois, creançoys | creançois, creançoys | creançoit, creançoyt | creancions, creançons | creanciez, creancyez | creançoient, creançoyent | |
past historic | creança | creanças | creança | creançasmes | creançastes | creancerent | |
future | creancerai, creanceray | creanceras | creancera | creancerons | creancerez | creanceront | |
conditional | creancerois, creanceroys | creancerois, creanceroys | creanceroit, creanceroyt | creancerions, creanceryons | creanceriez, creanceryez | creanceroient, creanceroyent | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | creance | creances | creance | creançons | creancez | creancent |
imperfect | creançasse | creançasses | creançast | creançassions | creançassiez | creançassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | creance | — | creançons | creancez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
References
edit- creancer on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (creancer)
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