Middle English Dictionary Entry
bunne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bunne n. Also bonne. |
| Etymology | Prob. OF bugne a boil, MnF dial. 'fritter', etc. (from Gaulish; see Wartburg FEW under *bunia). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A wheat cake of some kind, a bun.
Associated quotations
- (1371) Doc.Gildh.Lond.in RS 12.3423 : Cum uno pane albo, vocato bunne, de obolo.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)55 : Bunne, brede: Placenta.
- (1441) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)258 : All maner of brede that thei can make of whete..white loofe brede, wastell, bunnys, and all maner of whyte brede.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)211,218 : Thow must square & proporcioun þy bred..þat no loof ne bunne be more þan oþer proporcionly..Þan ley..in myddes of þat towelle viij loves or bonnes.