What is the meaning of -aunce?
Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance.
↑ Sandved, Arthur (1985), “9. Derivational Suffixes”, in Introduction to Chaucerian English (Chaucer Studies; 11), Part II: Morphology, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 41.
↑ “-aunce, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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