bounte

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French bonté, bunté.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːnˈteː/, /ˈbuːnteː/

Noun

bounte (uncountable)

  1. goodness
    • c. 1300, Anonymous, "Alison" (as printed in Oxford Book of English Verse, 1900):
      That al hire bountè telle con
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • English: bounty

References

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