"bon" meaning in Middle English

See bon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|altform=1}} bon
  1. alternative form of boun Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: boun
    Sense id: en-bon-enm-adj-C9fAS2L7 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /bɔ̝ːn/, /bɑːn/ [Early-Middle-English], /baːn/ [Northern] Forms: bon [plural], bones [plural], ban [alternative], bane [alternative], bone [alternative], boon [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English bān, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Etymology templates: {{ety|enm|:inh|ang:bān|id=bone}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "strike", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰeyh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*bainaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*bainą", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*bain", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "bān", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "bon", "lang" : "enm" }" data-id="bone" data-lang="enm" data-title="bon" id="Middle_English:_bone">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|bān|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English bān, {{inh+|enm|ang|bān}} Inherited from Old English bān, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*bain}} Proto-West Germanic *bain, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*bainą}} Proto-Germanic *bainą Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} bon, {{enm-noun|bon|pl2=bones}} bon (plural bon or bones)
  1. bone Derived forms: bakbon, bonnefyre, bonwort, nekkebon, ryngbon, schuldre bon
    Sense id: en-bon-enm-noun-yNrPZX~p Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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