loance (c.1136-65)
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The form lowance is a cross reference to the following entry:

loance (c.1136-65)

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[gdw]

  FEW:  locare *5,387b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  löer (loance)  DMF:  louance 2  TLF: ∅ OED:  lowance n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
lowance,  lowaunce  

It is also possible to interpret the word as an aphetic form of alouance ('allowance, payment' and 'cost, expense'), in which case it derives from a different etymon, laudare.

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1merch.hiring, renting: 
( 1399-1400 )  [...] et pur lowance de gynnes pur supporter les maisons [...]  292 (1 Henry IV)
( 1404-05 ) Item pur lowaunce et gast de .ij. torches al enterement Henri Mason .ij. s.  278 (6 Henry IV)
( 1411-12 )  pur le lowaunce d'un chival  14 Henry IV
2finan.reward, payment: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  En lor force e en lor bonté Iert eschalcie la cité, Dunt seinte eglise est denotee Ki par les bons est enoree, E de ço ert as bons loance Ke li felon avrunt pesance  6663
loage  loer#2  loerie 
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