sevrance

Old French

Alternative forms

• severance
• severaunce (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

sevrer +‎ -ance.

Noun

sevrance oblique singular, f (oblique plural sevrances, nominative singular sevrance, nominative plural sevrances)

1. separation (act of separating; state of being separated)

Descendants

• → English: severance

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (sevrance)
• severance on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub