heritaunce

== English == === Noun === heritaunce (countable and uncountable, plural heritaunces) Obsolete form of heritance. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === erytaunce, heritance, herydance, herytaunce === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman heritance; equivalent to heriten +‎ -aunce. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛriˈta(u̯)ns(ə)/, /ˈɛrita(u̯)ns(ə)/ === Noun === heritaunce (uncountable) (Late Middle English, rare) Inheritance; the act of inheriting or something inherited. ==== Descendants ==== English: heritance (archaic) Middle Scots: heritance ==== References ==== “heritaunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.