bonibell
English
editNoun
editbonibell (plural bonibells)
- Obsolete form of bonnibel.
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “August. Ægloga Octaua.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, →OCLC:
- I saw the bouncing Bellibone , Hey , ho , Bonibell !
Tripping over the dale alone
References
edit- “bonibell”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.