abeance

Old French

Alternative forms

• abeiance

Etymology

From the verb abeer, from Late Latin batō.

Noun

abeance oblique singular, f (oblique plural abeances, nominative singular abeance, nominative plural abeances)

1. desire; want

Related terms

• abeant

Descendants

• English: abeyance

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (abeance)