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▪ I. † boun, v. Obs. or arch.|baʊn|
Forms: 3 bune(n, 4–9 boun(e, bown(e, bowen, 5 Sc. bowyn, 9 boon.
[f. boun, older form of bound ppl. a.1 The word appears to have become obsolete in literary use c 1600; revived by Sir W. Scott.]
†1. trans. To prepare, make ready. Obs.
a1375Joseph Arim. 414 Þe kyng boskes lettres anon, to bounen his bernes. Ibid. 472 To boune mo bernes. 1515Scottish Field 213 in Chetham Misc. (1856) II, Then the bishop full boldlie bowneth furth his standart.
b. refl. To prepare oneself, get ready (often in connexion with busk); to betake oneself, have recourse to (anything).
a1300Cursor M. 11920 Ioseph..buned him to wend againe. c1400Destr. Troy 827, I wold boune me to batell, and take my bare aunter. 1515Scottish Field 83 in Chetham Misc. (1856) II, He did buske and bowne him, to go on his message. a1575Pilkington Exp. Nehemiah (1841) 353 They buskle and bowne themselves to this work. 1600Fairfax Tasso iii. xxx. 45 The villaine, who to flight him bound. 1808Scott Marm. iv. xxii, Each ordering that his band Should bowne them with the rising day. 1847Barham Ingol. Leg. (1877) 243 St. Medard hath boon'd himself for the task. 1866J. Rose Virgil 99 Soon must we boun' us for a loftier song.
2. intr. (for refl.) To get ready, prepare; to dress.
c1375Barbour Troy-bk. ii. 2852 Than thocht hime at þat ymage gay Bouned to pass frome hime away. 1513Douglas æneis vii. Prol. 97, I crocit me, syne bownit for to sleip. Ibid. xiii. Prol. 46 Euery thing..Bownis to tak the hail⁓sum nychtis rest Eftir the days laubour. 1674Ray N.C. Wds. 7 To Boun and unboun, to dress and undress. 1815Hogg Pilgr. Sun i. xvi, For then the fairies boun' to ride And elves of Ettrick's greenwood shaw.
3. intr. To betake oneself to (a place), set out, go.
c1325E.E Allit. P. B. 1398 Barounes at þe sidebordes bounet ay where. c1375Barbour Troy-bk. ii. 2712 Pirrus bowned to Delphos yle. a1455Holland Houlat xviii, But bownis out of Babilon with all obedience. a1540Peebles to Play i. 5 At Beltan, when ilk bodie bounes To Peebles to the play. 1552Lyndesay Monarche 6312 The blysfull byrdis bownis to the treis. 1805Scott Last Minstr. v. xxx, Till Lord Dacre's band Were bowning back to Cumberland.
▪ II. boun
obs. form of bon, boon, bound ppl. a. |