lijance

Old French

Alternative forms

• ligance, ligeance
• ligeaunce (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From lige (“vassal”) +‎ -ance.

Noun

lijance oblique singular, f (oblique plural lijances, nominative singular lijance, nominative plural lijances)

1. allegiance; loyalty

Descendants

• → Middle English: legiaunce, legance, legeaunce, leggaunce, lejance, liegeance, ligeance, ligeaunce, liegeaunce, lygeaunce, lygiauns
  • English: ligeance, liegance
    • ⇒ English: ligeancy
  • Middle Scots: legiance
• ⇒ Anglo-Norman: alegaunce
  • → Middle English: alegiaunce, alegeaunce, allegence, aliegiaunce, a-ligeaunce, alligiaunce
    • English: allegiance
    • Scots: allegiance