credance

Middle English

Noun

credance

1. Alternative form of credence

Old French

Alternative forms

• creiance, creance, croiance (later)
• creanche (Old Northern French)

Etymology

From credre +‎ -ance, cf. Late Latin credentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾəˈðant͡sə/

Noun

credance oblique singular, f (oblique plural credances, nominative singular credance, nominative plural credances)

1. (early Old French) faith; belief; trust
   • Mid-11th Century, La Vie de Saint Alexis:

     Si ert credance dont or n'i at nul prot.

     Indeed there was trust, which there is little left of now.

Related terms

• credre (verb)

Descendants

• French: croyance
• Norman: crianche (Jersey)
• → Middle English: creaunce, creance, creauns, creawnce
  • English: creance