"boon" meaning in Middle English

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Adjective

IPA: /boːn/ Forms: bone [alternative], boun [alternative], bon [alternative]
Rhymes: -oːn Etymology: Borrowed from Old Northern French boon, from Old French bon (“good”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:bor|fro-nor:boon<ety:from<fro:bon>>|id=good}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "good", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "good", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "good", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "to fit", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dewh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dwenos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "duenos", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "duonus", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "bonus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "bon", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Northern French", "term" : "boon", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro-nor" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "boon", "lang" : "enm" }" data-id="good" data-lang="enm" data-title="boon" id="Middle_English:_good">, {{bor|enm|fro-nor|boon}} Old Northern French boon, {{der|enm|fro|bon||good}} Old French bon (“good”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{comp2}}}||{{{3}}}||{{{sup2}}}|f3l=|f5l=|head=}} boon, {{enm-adj}} boon
  1. good
    Sense id: en-boon-enm-adj-dw5gdiTW Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon, Pages using etymon with no ID
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /boːn/ Forms: boons [plural], boonen [plural], bone [alternative]
Rhymes: -oːn Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse bón, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|non|bón}} Old Norse bón, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*bōniz}} Proto-Germanic *bōniz Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} boon, {{enm-noun|pl2=boonen}} boon (plural boons or boonen)
  1. prayer, supplication, request
    Sense id: en-boon-enm-noun-NHHBOEHP Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 33 29 33
  2. boon, bonus
    Sense id: en-boon-enm-noun-TB-m2ij5 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 33 29 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} boon
  1. alternative form of bon Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bon
    Sense id: en-boon-enm-noun-DWIrJ9Wp Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 33 29 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (872fc7b and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.