Middle English Dictionary Entry
abǒunden v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | abǒunden v.(2) |
| Etymology | Cp. OF abonner. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. bounden.
1.
(a) To set bounds to (sth.), limit, enclose; (b) to have boundaries, be bounded.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)30b/a : And for a fletinge þinge sculde noȝt al to schede itself, bi fletinge, drye puttiþ itsilf as it were aboundid [L quasi obicem se opponit] to lette þe fleting and schedinge.
b
- (1421) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.9 : And forsaid William sall hafe..a place þat liges in saynt Michell kirkgarth, in Connyngstret in ȝorke als it abowndes.