prisoun

• prison, prisun, prisen, pryson, prisone

From late Anglo-Norman prisoun, spelt prisun in early Anglo-Norman. Ultimately from Latin prehensiō, prehensiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /priˈzuːn/, /ˈprizɔn/, /ˈprizən/

prisoun (plural prisouns or prisounes)

1. prison, jail, dungeon (place where captives are held)
2. imprisonment, captivity
3. custody, guardianship
4. hell, eternal damnation
5. captive, prisoner

• gaiol

• prisoner

• English: prison
• Scots: preeson

• “prisǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 March 2018.

prisoun oblique singular, f (oblique plural prisouns, nominative singular prisoun, nominative plural prisouns)

1. alternative form of prison
   • William fuist aresté et a prisoun del Countour amesné

     William was arrested and taken to the prison of the sheriff