Alison
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Etymology
From , brought to England by Normans, diminutive of , cognate to English Alice, from .
Quotations
- 1951 translation by Nevill Coghill of: 13?? Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue:
- He came up close and kneeling gently down
- He said, "My love, my dearest Alison,
- So help me God, I never again will hit
- You, love; and if I did, you asked for it.