“bounteth”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

bounteth

释义

bounteth, -ith north. dial.|ˈbuːntɪθ|
[app. a. OF. bontet, buntet (bunˈteθ), the earlier (11–12th c.) form of bonté, whence bounty (cf. poortith, dainteth, faith). But the word is known only since the 15th c. (in later times only in Scotch), so that its historical connexion with the OF. word is not illustrated.]
A gift of bounty; gratuity, reward; a gift stipulated for in addition to money wages. Cf. bounty 4 b.
c1440York Myst. xv. 118 For I haue herde declared..That bountith aftir rewarde.1553Douglas æneis xii. vi. 127 This is the bounteth [v.r. bontay] thay sal bere away.1724Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) II. 194 Saw ye Jenny Nettles..Her fee and bountith in her lap.1818Scott Rob Roy xxiv, Upon my wage, board-wage, fee, and bountith.1834H. Miller Scenes & Leg. xi. (1857) 168 He will not away from us without his bountith.

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