Middle English Dictionary Entry
bon(de)dō̆m n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bon(de)dō̆m n. Also bowndom (influ. by the ppl. bǒunde(n). |
| Etymology | From bō̆nde n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Bondage, servitude.
Associated quotations
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.Antiochus (SeldSup 52)st.1 : In hys bowndom [Lngl: bondom] þem [the Jews] to bryng, in all his cuntre gart he cry [etc.].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)46/16 : For yf he had knowen hym redely þat he had comen forto by monkynd out of his bondam [vr. bondage], he wold neuer haue tysut mon to have don hym to deth.
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