baundon

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bandoun

Etymology

From Old French bandon (“jurisdiction”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

baundon

1. 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.