balaunce
English
Noun
balaunce (countable and uncountable, plural balaunces)
- Obsolete form of balance.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ballaunce, balance, balaunse, balans, belaunce
Etymology
From Middle French balance, from Late Latin *bilancia.
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /baˈlau̯ntsə/, /baˈlantsə/
- IPA(key): /baˈlau̯ns(ə)/, /baˈlans(ə)/, /baˈlaːns(ə)/
Noun
balaunce (plural balaunces)
- A (half of a) set of scales; a balance
- The ensuring of fairness and justness via reasoning and consideration, especially legally.
- Luck, happenstance, destiny; the passage of random events.
- Endangerment, threatening; the taking of chances or bets.
- Indecisiveness, unsureness, hesitation.
- (astrology, astronomy) Libra (constellation; member of the Zodiac)
Descendants
- English: balance
- Scots: ballance
References
- “balaunce (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.