different between jaunce vs daunce

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Old French jancer (“to jolt, jog”), of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish ganta (“to sport, romp, jest, play the fool”). More at jaunt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d????ns/

Verb

jaunce (third-person singular simple present jaunces, present participle jauncing, simple past and past participle jaunced)

1. To prance; to frolic.
2. To jolt or shake.

Noun

jaunce (plural jaunces)

1. A jaunt.

See also

• jounce

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.

Anagrams

• undeca-

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dance, danse, daunse

Etymology

Anglo-Norman daunce, variant of Old French dance.

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /dau?nts?/, /dants?/
• IPA^(key): /dau?ns(?)/, /dans(?)/

Noun

daunce (plural daunces)

1. dance; dancing
2. dance song

Related terms

• dauncen

Descendants

• English: dance

References

• “daunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.

Old French

Noun

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

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of dance