aliegiaunce

Middle English

Alternative forms

• alligiaunce, alegeaunce, allegence, a-ligeaunce

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman alegaunce (“loyalty of a liege-servant to one's lord”), a modification of legaunce influenced by other words starting with the prefix -a-. More at ligeaunce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈleːdʒ(ə)au̯ns(ə)/, /aˈliːdʒ(ə)au̯ns(ə)/, /aˈleːdʒ(ə)ans(ə)/, /aˈliːdʒ(ə)ans(ə)/

Noun

aliegiaunce (uncountable) (rare)

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

Synonyms

• ligeaunce

Descendants

• English: allegiance

References

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