Middle English Dictionary Entry
būne n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | būne n.(1) Also bunie (? buine). |
| Etymology | OE bygen a purchase, payment. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Purchasing, payment; (b) that which redeems or is redeemed.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)98a : Me ne mei nawt..twa þwongede scheos habbe wið ute bune [Nero: buggunge].
- a1250 Orison Lord (Lamb 487)185 : Min ihesu, liues louerd, þu beodest us þin elming al wiþ uthen bune, and þer after bihastest us wiþ þon þet we neomen hit heouenliche blissen.
b
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)79a : Þi sawle, godes deore bune [Nero: spuse; Tit & Cleo (Morton): bugging], þet he bohte mid his blod.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)99b : Þah cleannesse of chastete ne beo nawt bune [Nero: bunie] ed godd.