ligeaunce

Middle English

Alternative forms

leggaunce, liegeance, legeaunce, legiaunce, ligeance, legance, lejance, lygeaunce, liegeaunce, lygiauns

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French legeance, ligeance, ligance; equivalent to lege (“liege”) +‎ -aunce.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈleːdʒ(ə)au̯ns(ə)/, /ˈliːdʒ(ə)au̯ns(ə)/, /ˈleːdʒ(ə)ans(ə)/, /ˈliːdʒ(ə)ans(ə)/

Noun

ligeaunce (uncountable)

Allegiance, loyalty (including duty and responsibility to one's feudal superior).
The power exercised or available to a feudal liege or superior.

Synonyms

aliegiaunce

Descendants

English: ligeance, liegance

References

“liǧeaunce (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-28.

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