Alison

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proper noun 1.2.1 Quotations

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French Alison, brought to England by Normans, diminutive of Aliz, cognate to English Alice, from Old High German Adalhaid (“‘of noble kind’”).

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Alison

Plural -

Alison

1. A female given name.

[edit] Quotations

• 1951 translation by Nevill Coghill of: 13?? Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue:

  He came up close and kneeling gently down

  He said, "My love, my dearest Alison,

  So help me God, I never again will hit

  You, love; and if I did, you asked for it.