boun

Etymology

From Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“prepare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʊn/

Adjective

boun (comparative more boun, superlative most boun)

1. (obsolete) Ready, prepared.
   • Barbour, John, The Bruce; or, The metrical history of Robert I, King of Scots.

     To this thai all assentyt ar, And bad thair men all mak thaim yar For to be boune, agayne that day, On the best wiss that cuir thai may.

Verb

boun (third-person singular simple present bouns, present participle bouning, simple past and past participle bouned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or get ready; prepare.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

Anagrams

• BuNo

Etymology

From Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“prepare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʌun/

Adjective

boun (comparative mair boun, superlative maist boun)

1. ready, prepared

   Therefore ever thou mak thee boun / To obey, and thank thy God of all. — Robert Henryson, ‘The Abbey Walk’