bunté

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Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin bonitās, bonitātem.

Noun[edit]

bunté oblique singularf (oblique plural buntez, nominative singular bunté, nominative plural buntez)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) goodness
    • c. 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar:
      valt mielz de vus, dame reïne
      de cors, de vis e de bealté,
      d'enseignement e de bunté.
      [She] is worth more than you, Your Majesty
      in body, in her face, in beauty
      in education and in goodness.

Descendants[edit]

  • French: bonté
  • Middle English: bounte, bonte, bunte, bountie