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allegiance (iou)



allegiance noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman var. of Old French ligeance (formed as LIEGE), perh. due to assoc. with Anglo-Latin alligantia alliance.]
The status of a liege lord. Only in LME.
The relation or duty of a liegeman to his liege lord; the tie or obligation of a subject to his or her monarch or government. LME.
oath of allegiance: see OATH noun.
Loyalty; the recognition of the claims which someone or something has to respect or duty. M18.
allegiancy noun L16.
allegiant adjective & noun (a) adjective giving allegiance, loyal; (b) noun a person who owes or gives allegiance: M16.

February (iou)



February noun. ME.
[Old French feverier (mod. fevrier), from late Latin (Proto-Romance) febrarius for Latin februarius, from februa (neut. pl.) a Roman festival of purification held on 15 February. Later refash. after Latin.]
The second month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, containing twenty-eight days, except in a leap year when it has twenty-nine. Also fig., with allusion to the rain and melting snows considered characteristic of the month in Britain and elsewhere in the northern hemisphere. Also (popularly) called February fill-dyke (referring to its rain and snows).
attrib.: Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing What's the matter, That you have such a February face, So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?