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▪ I. † respoun(d, n. Obs.
Also respun, -on, -owne, -ownd.
[ad. OF. respuns response, or f. OF. respundre: see next.]
1. = respond n. 1 a.
c1400Rule St. Benet (Prose) 16 By-tuixe þe lescuns þre respuns; and eftir þe þridde respun þe vers. Ibid., Foure lescuns red wid respuns. c1440Promp. Parv. 431/1 Respowne (K. respounde, P. respon), responsorium. 1466in Archæol. L. (1887) 45 The responnys of the trinite.
2. = respond n. 3.
1435Indent. Fotheringhey Ch. in Dugdale Monast. (1830) VI. iii. 1414/2 The cler-story..shal be made of clene asheler growndid upon ten mighty pillars, with four respounds. Ibid., To the two respownds of the sayd qwere shal be two perpeyn-walls.
▪ II. † respoun(d, v. Obs.
[a. OF. respundre, repr. L. respondēre to respond.]
To reply.
a1300Cursor M. 12181 Maister leui..Teched him a letter þan, And badd him þar-to respond [rime stund; Fairf. respounde]. c1325Song of Yesterday 81 in E.E. Poems (1862) 135 Þe most fool, i herde respounde, Is wysore, whil he lyue may, Þen he þat..was buried ȝusterday. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace 4238 By letteres woly hem first somoune, To here þer wyl, what þey respoune. |