ppl. a. and sb. Obs. [a. OFr. afférant, aférant, falling by right, appropriate, proportionable; pr. pple. of aférir: see AFFEIR.]
A. adj. Falling by right, pertaining, befitting, appropriate: see also AFFEIRING.
1480. Caxton, Ovid’s Metam., XV. iv. It is not afferant that man shall slee another beeste for to fede withal his body.
B. sb. Portion properly falling to one, share, proportion. (Cf. OFr. a l’aferant, a son aferant, proportionally.)
c. 1400. MS. Bodl., 546 (Halliw.). Thei have a longere tayl than the hert, and also he hath more grece to his afferaunt than the hert.
1475. Bk. Noblesse, 43. The habondaunce of noble men of chevalrie, passing alle othir landes, after the quantite and afferaunt of youre roiaume.
