ancesserie (1160-74)
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ancesserie (1160-74)

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  FEW:  antecessor 24,643a Gdf:  anceserie 1,283a GdfC: ∅ TL: ancesserie 1,379 DEAF:  ancessor (ancesserie)  DMF:  ancesserie  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  ancesseria 83b
anceisorie,  anceissorie;  anceserie,  ancesorie;  ancessorie;  auncesserie  

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1 coll. kinship forefathers, ancestors: 
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 )  a Salahadin manderent Qu’endreit els gardast sa hautesce [...] E sa grant lei de ancesorie Que Mahumet ot establie  5110
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  le mesfet d’anceserie (=sin of Adam)  569
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Trestuz les cronicles de l’ancesserie E la geste examine  252.312
2 kinship ancestry, lineage (and the right to their inheritance): 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Par dreit e par anceisorie Deivent estre de Normendie Vostre parent gonfanonier  ii 166.7583
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  vos dites que la vile est Garsie, Et qu’il la doit aveir par sa anceserie  4290
d’anceserie
1 time for generations, a very long time: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  si li rent La corone et la seignorie Que tu n’as pas d’anceissorie  ii 136.6774
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 )  Une guerre de ancessorie Ot entre France e Normendie  87
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Serf esteient de l’abeie E custumers de anceserie  8082
ancessur  ancester  ancestrel  ancestrie  antecessour 
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