alegiaunce

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === alegeaunce, allegence, aliegiaunce, a-ligeaunce, alligiaunce === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman alegaunce (“loyalty of a liege-servant to one's lord”), a modification of legaunce influenced by other words starting with the prefix a-. Equivalent to a- +‎ legiaunce. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˌleːˈdʒa(u̯)ns(ə)/, /aˌliːˈdʒa(u̯)ns(ə)/, /aˈleːdʒa(u̯)ns(ə)/, /aˈliːdʒa(u̯)ns(ə)/ === Noun === alegiaunce (uncountable) (uncommon) Allegiance, loyalty (including duty and responsibility to one's feudal superior). Synonym: legiaunce The power exercised or available to a feudal liege or superior. Synonym: legiaunce ==== Usage notes ==== Middle English stress retraction would have regularly led to first-syllable stress; pronunciations with second-syllable stress are probably due to the influence of the more common legiaunce. ==== Descendants ==== English: allegiance Scots: allegiance ==== References ==== “alliǧeaunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 November 2018.