Middle English Dictionary Entry
cǒvaunt n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cǒvaunt n. Also cuvaunt, cova(u)nd. |
| Etymology | OF covent, -ant, couvent (from L conventum). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. covenaunt.
1.
(a) An agreement or contract; (b) a promise.
Associated quotations
a
- (1441-2) Let.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12132 : Yhe leete me wete of covand indentide betwix yowe and your cosyn.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)77.63 : And thai away turnyd thaim and thai kepid noght cuuaunt [L pactum].
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)131.12 : If thi sunnys kepid my testament..That is, if thi sunnys kepe kuuaunt of baptem.
b
- c1440 Lyarde (Thrn)p.280 : For-thi serve thou thy wyfe as thi covaunde was, Or gete hir an other.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)222/586 : All my [Judas's] couandys holden shall be, So I haue felyship me abowte.