heritaunce

English

Noun

heritaunce (countable and uncountable, plural heritaunces)

  1. Obsolete form of heritance.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman heritance; equivalent to heriten +‎ -aunce.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛriˈta(u̯)ns(ə)/, /ˈɛrita(u̯)ns(ə)/

Noun

heritaunce (uncountable)

  1. (Late Middle English, rare) Inheritance; the act of inheriting or something inherited.

Descendants

  • English: heritance (archaic)
  • Middle Scots: heritance

References

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