creancer

English

Etymology

From Middle English creaunsour, from Anglo-Norman creanceour and Old French creanceor, from creancer.

Noun

creancer (plural creancers)

  1. (obsolete) A creditor. [14th–18th c.]
  2. (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

Noun

creancer

  1. Alternative form of creaunsour

Middle French

Etymology

Old French [Term?], from creance +‎ -er.

Verb

creancer

  1. to promise

Conjugation
  • 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
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 – tu – nous vous –
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
  • 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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