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Alisoun
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Middle English
Etymology
enm :der fro:Alison
From enm fro Alison, brought to England by the Normans from enm xno Alison, from enm nrf Alison , diminutive of fro Aliz.
Proper noun
enm female Old French
Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue:
And seyde, 'Deere suster Alisoun,
As help me God, I shal thee nevere smyte.
That I have doon, it is thyself to wyte,
Foryeve it me, and that I thee biseke."
Descendants
en Alison