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oreillaunce (s.xiii4/4)
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The form orillaunce is a cross reference to the following entry:

oreillaunce (s.xiii4/4)

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orillaunce  
  FEW:  auricula *25,988b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  oreille (oreillance)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

Its absence from any of the other dictionaries suggests that the word may have been an ad-hoc creation for one of the allegorical personifications, possibly even as a misreading of a present participle.

s.

lang.whispering (in one's ear) (?): 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Ceo (=daughters of Envy) sunt [...] damesoyle Grundilante E sa compaine Mal Oreillante (var. (Y: s.xiii4/4) Oreillaunce; Orillaunce)  Lum Lais ANTS 3124 (var.)

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See also:

oreille  oreillé  oreiller1  oreiller2  oreillere1  oreillete1  oreillete2  oreillier  oreilloun1  oreilloun2 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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