abeance

Old French

Alternative forms

abeiance

Etymology

From the verb abeer, from Late Latin batō.

Noun

abeance f (oblique plural abeances, nominative singular abeance, nominative plural abeances)

desire; want

Related terms

abeant

Descendants

English: abeyance

References

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

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