legiaunce

Middle English

Alternative forms

• legance, legeaunce, leggaunce, lejance, liegeance, ligeance, ligeaunce, liegeaunce, lygeaunce, lygiauns

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːˈdʒa(u̯)ns(ə)/, /liːˈdʒa(u̯)ns(ə)/, /ˈleːdʒa(u̯)ns(ə)/, /ˈliːdʒa(u̯)ns(ə)/

Noun

legiaunce (uncountable)

1. Allegiance, loyalty (including duty and responsibility to one's feudal superior).

   Synonym: alegiaunce

2. The power exercised or available to a feudal liege or superior.

   Synonym: alegiaunce

Descendants

• English: ligeance, liegance
  • ⇒ English: ligeancy
• Middle Scots: legiance

References

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