conroi

Old French

Etymology

Deverbal of conreer (“to prepare; to equip”).

Noun

conroi oblique singular, m (oblique plural conrois, nominative singular conrois, nominative plural conroi)

1. In the Middle Ages, a group of five to ten knights who trained and fought together.
   • c. 1240, Tristan en prose, ed. 1976, →ISBN, page 160:

     Tristanz qui ne mostre mie semblant de couardise, s'adresce vers un conroi de chevaliers qu'il voit venir.

     Tristan who showed no signs of cowardice addressed a group of knights that he saw arrive

References

• Stephen Morillo: The Battle of Hastings: sources and interpretations, 1996, →ISBN, p. 87-88
• Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue françoise, Briasson, 1750, vol. 1 p. 421