andous

Old French

Alternative forms

• ambedous
• andeus (later Old French)
• ambedeus (later Old French)

Etymology

From Latin ambō, ambi- (“both”) + *du-ī, from duo, duae (“two”), a reduced form of the also-attested ambedous, ambedui. Cognate with Old Italian amendue, Romanian amândoi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdou̯s/

Determiner

andous (nominative andui)

1. both
   • 12th century, Li Dialogue Gregoire lo Pape:

     Se il andous les oust prises, ne nos oust...

     If he had seized them both, he would not have...

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (andeus)
• "andeus." Anglo-Norman Dictionary (AND2 Online Edition), Aberystwyth University, 2021. Web. 5 April 2021. https://anglo-norman.net/entry/andeus.