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 IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (creancer)