Old French

Alternative forms

• greignor
• gregnor

Adjective

graignor ‎(oblique singular, nominative singular graindre)

1. comparative degree of grant ("bigger").
   • circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     c'onques chevaliers n'ot greignor.

     There has never been a greater knight.

2. superlative degree of grant ("biggest").

Descendants

• Middle French: greigneur

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (graignor)