daunce

English

Noun

daunce (plural daunces)

1. Obsolete form of dance.

Verb

daunce (third-person singular simple present daunces, present participle dauncing, simple past and past participle daunced)

1. Obsolete form of dance.

Derived terms

• dauncer

Anagrams

• undeca-

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dance, danse, daunse

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman daunce. Also derivable as a deverbal from dauncen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdau̯ns(ə)/, /ˈdans(ə)/

Noun

daunce (plural daunces)

1. dance; dancing
2. dance song

Related terms

• dauncen

Descendants

• English: dance, daunce (obsolete)
  • → Arabic: دانس (dāns)
  • → French: dance
  • → Zulu: dansa
• → Irish: damhsa
• → Scottish Gaelic: dannsa
• → Middle Welsh: dawns
  • Welsh: dawns

References

• “daunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 March 2018.

Old French

Noun

daunce oblique singular, f (oblique plural daunces, nominative singular daunce, nominative plural daunces)

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of dance