abeance
Old French
Alternative forms
- abeiance
Etymology
From the verb abeer, from Late Latin batō.
Noun
abeance f (oblique plural abeances, nominative singular abeance, nominative plural abeances)
- desire; want
Related terms
- abeant
Descendants
- English: abeyance
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (abeance)