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esloignance1 (c.1185)
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esloignance1 (c.1185)

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eloignance,  eloinaunce,  eloingnance;  esloignaunce,  esluinance  
  FEW:  longe 5,404a Gdf:  eslongance 3,486c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  loing (*)  DMF:  élongance  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1distance, separation, absence: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Par eloingnance Met l’en amur en obliance  Ipom BFR 837
( 1278 )  damage et deseritaunce vos purrait avenir, par ubliaunce e par eloviaunce (l. eloinaunce) de leus  Rot Parl1 i 6
2 departure, leaving: 
( MS: s.xiii1 ) Trop s'esluine, si s'en veit [...]. Deus! Kar seust ore la bloie Ke trai pur s'esluinance  Rom 4 375.22
3temporalpostponement, delay: 
( 1299 )  la paie de ceo qe nous vous devoms eit esté esloigné jesqes en cea par ascunes grosse[s] bosoignes [...] e vous cele esloignaunce aiez mult curtoisement soffert jesqes en cea  GR iii 378a
( 1324-25 ) a lour requeste avoms esloignez nostre dit passage tanque a lendemeyn [...]. Et n'est pas notre entencion qe par ceste esloignance [...]  Parl Writs ii 703

See also:

aloignance1  esloignement1  esloigner1  esloignour  esloin  luignance  luin 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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