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)

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

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