baundon

Middle English

Alternative forms

bandoun

Etymology

From Old French bandon (“jurisdiction”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /banˈduːn/, /ˈbandun/, /bau̯nˈduːn/, /ˈbau̯ndun/

Noun

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)

Descendants

English: bandon

References

“bandǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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