bounte

Middle English

Alternative forms

bonte, bunte, bountie

Etymology

From Old French bonté, bunté.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /buːnˈteː/, /ˈbuːnteː/

Noun

bounte (uncountable)

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

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

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