daunce

English

Noun

daunce (plural daunces)

1. Obsolete form of dance.

Verb

daunce (third-person singular simple present daunces, present participle dauncing, simple past and past participle daunced)

1. Obsolete form of dance.

Anagrams

• undeca-

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dance, danse, daunse

Etymology

Anglo-Norman daunce, variant of Old French dance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdau̯ns(ə)/, /ˈdans(ə)/

Noun

daunce (plural daunces)

1. dance; dancing
2. dance song

Related terms

• dauncen

Descendants

• English: dance

References

• “daunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.

Old French

Noun

daunce oblique singular, f (oblique plural daunces, nominative singular daunce, nominative plural daunces)

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of dance