Alisoun

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French Alison, brought to England by the Normans, diminutive of Aliz.

Proper noun

Alisoun

1. a female given name from Old French.
   • Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue:

     And seyde, 'Deere suster Alisoun,

     As help me God, I shal thee nevere smyte.

     That I have doon, it is thyself to wyte,

     Foryeve it me, and that I thee biseke."

Descendants

• English: Alison