"boun" meaning in Middle English

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Adjective

IPA: /buːn/, /boːn/ [uncommon] Forms: bon [alternative], bone [alternative], boyn [alternative], boune [alternative], bownde [alternative], bowne [alternative], bownn [alternative], bun [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“to prepare”). Forms with /oː/ are from Old East Norse *bóinn. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:bor|non:búa<alt:búinn>}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "búinn", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "be", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰuH-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*būaną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Norse", "term" : "búa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "non" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "boun", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="boun">, {{bor+|enm|non|búinn}} Borrowed from Old Norse búinn, {{cog|non-oen|*bóinn}} Old East Norse *bóinn Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{comp2}}}||{{{3}}}||{{{sup2}}}|f3l=|f5l=|head=}} boun, {{enm-adj}} boun
  1. Ready, prepared, organised:
    Sense id: en-boun-enm-adj-CDby9Rs8 Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Emotions, Human behaviour Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 20 19 19 15 18 10 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 22 21 21 14 11 9 3 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 23 22 22 19 1 13 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 23 22 22 19 1 13 Disambiguation of Emotions: 20 19 19 22 3 17 0 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 23 22 22 18 1 13 0
  2. Ready, prepared, organised:
    Motivated, raring, eager.
    Sense id: en-boun-enm-adj-xDhHE~Z2 Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Emotions, Human behaviour Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 20 19 19 15 18 10 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 22 21 21 14 11 9 3 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 23 22 22 19 1 13 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 23 22 22 19 1 13 Disambiguation of Emotions: 20 19 19 22 3 17 0 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 23 22 22 18 1 13 0
  3. Ready, prepared, organised:
    Loyal, subservient, compliant.
    Sense id: en-boun-enm-adj-IulMywr- Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Emotions, Human behaviour Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 20 19 19 15 18 10 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 22 21 21 14 11 9 3 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 23 22 22 19 1 13 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 23 22 22 19 1 13 Disambiguation of Emotions: 20 19 19 22 3 17 0 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 23 22 22 18 1 13 0
  4. Bound, going or ready to go.
    Sense id: en-boun-enm-adj-FQRtGJh~ Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Emotions, Human behaviour Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 20 19 19 15 18 10 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 22 21 21 14 11 9 3 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 23 22 22 19 1 13 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 23 22 22 19 1 13 Disambiguation of Emotions: 20 19 19 22 3 17 0 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 23 22 22 18 1 13 0
  5. (rare) On the brink of; about to. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-boun-enm-adj-GTHiE4GT Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 20 19 19 15 18 10 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 22 21 21 14 11 9 3
  6. (rare) Close by, adjacent. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-boun-enm-adj-z3YbCnqT Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Emotions, Human behaviour Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 23 22 22 19 1 13 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 23 22 22 19 1 13 Disambiguation of Emotions: 20 19 19 22 3 17 0 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 23 22 22 18 1 13 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bounen
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|var=1}} boun
  1. alternative form of bounen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bounen
    Sense id: en-boun-enm-verb-FhDB9ZEi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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      "form": "boune",
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      "form": "bownde",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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    },
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          "english": "To this they'd all assented, / and made their men make themselves ready / to be prepared again that day / in the best way that they're able to.",
          "ref": "c. 1375, “Book XI”, in Iohne Barbour, De geſtis bellis et uirtutibus domini Roberti de Brwyß […] (The Brus, Advocates MS. 19.2.2), Ouchtirmunsye: Iohannes Ramsay, published 1489, folio 37, verso, lines 69-73; republished at Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, c. 2010:",
          "text": "To ϸis ϸai all aſſentyt ar / And bad ϸ[air] men all mak ϸai[m] ȝar / For to be boune agayne ϸ[at] day / On ϸe beſt wiß ϸ[at] eu[ir] ϸai may",
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      "glosses": [
        "Bound, going or ready to go."
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          "Bound",
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          "going",
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      "glosses": [
        "On the brink of; about to."
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        "(rare) On the brink of; about to."
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        "(rare) Close by, adjacent."
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    }
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