soverain
Middle English edit
Adjective edit
soverain
- Alternative form of sovereyn
Noun edit
soverain
- Alternative form of sovereyn
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Vulgar Latin root *superānus, from Latin super.
Adjective edit
soverain m (oblique and nominative feminine singular soveraine)
- sovereign
- c. 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
- que par Deu, le soverain pere,
cui ge voldroie m'ame randre,- That by God, the sovereign father
to whom I wish to give my soul
- That by God, the sovereign father