chaceor

Old French

FWOTD – 14 October 2021

Etymology

chacer +‎ -eor

Noun

chaceor oblique singular, m (oblique plural chaceors, nominative singular chacere, nominative plural chaceor)

hunter
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
  Les chevaliers fet esvellier,
  Les chaceors, aparellier.
  [He] woke up the knights
  And armed the hunters.
hunting horse
- c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
  Uns nains a l’encontre lor vint
  Sor un grant chaceor, et tint
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

(hunter): venour

Descendants

English: chaser
French: chasseur

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (chaceor)

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