Middle English Dictionary Entry
paraunt adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | paraunt adj. |
| Etymology | OF parant, ppl. of paroir. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Eminent, noteworthy, distinguished; (b) heir ~, heir apparent.
Associated quotations
a
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)356 : These foure were paraunt a-bove alle the tother, ffor these dide soche prowesse with her owne bodyes, that it was wonder.
b
- c1432 Bishop Notes in PMLA 49 (Cmb Dd.14.2)458 : Alle þe poyntementes a cordid by tweene boþe kynges, and oure kyng pronunced as for Eyre paraunt and Regent of ffraunce.
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)341/14 : The Erle of the March..was proclaymed..heyre parant vnto þe croune of Engelonde aftir King Richarde.