ancella

1 ancella, ~um [OF ancelle, lancelle < lancella] , ‘auncel’, balance. 1281 se facit emptorem lane et vadit per diversa loca cum quodam ansero Gaol Del. 35 B v. 41d.; 1303 [trons ‥ examined by] Thomam factorem aunserorum Cal. LBLond. C 113; 1349 j auncer’ cum j par de balauncz pro rebus ponderandis (KR Ac 391/15) Arch. XXXI 81; 1357 J. Pount utitur auncella contra formam statuti Enf. Stat. Lab. 223*; 1371 emunt lanam per anceram et vendunt per stateram Proc. J. P. 207; 1391 j ancel’ (Ac. Cottesford) Rec. Eton XXVI 44.

2 ancella v. ancilla(1c)