baundon
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French bandon (“jurisdiction”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
baundon
- bandon, disposal
- c. 1370s. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Romaunt of the Rose. 1162-4.
- For both wys folk and unwys
Were hoolly to hir baundon brought.
So wel with yiftes hath she wrought.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 1370s. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Romaunt of the Rose. 1162-4.
Descendants edit
- English: bandon
References edit
- “bandǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.