abeance

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Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

abeiance

Etymology[edit]

From the verb abeer, from Late Latin batō.

Noun[edit]

abeance oblique singular, f (oblique plural abeances, nominative singular abeance, nominative plural abeances)

desire; want

Related terms[edit]

abeant

Descendants[edit]

English: abeyance

References[edit]

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (abeance)

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