Alisoun
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French Alison, brought to England by the Normans, diminutive of Aliz.
Proper noun
Alisoun
- A female given name.
- 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."
- Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue:
Descendants
- English: Alison
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