boun

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English boun, from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“to prepare”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baʊn/ Rhymes: -aʊn === Adjective === boun (comparative more boun, superlative most boun) (obsolete) Ready, prepared. === Verb === boun (third-person singular simple present bouns, present participle bouning, simple past and past participle bouned) (ambitransitive) To make or get ready; prepare. ==== Derived terms ==== bound === References === “boun”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “boun”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === BuNo == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“to prepare”). Forms with /oː/ are from Old East Norse *bóinn. ==== Alternative forms ==== bon, bone, boyn, boune, bownde, bowne, bownn, bun ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /buːn/ (uncommon) IPA(key): /boːn/ ==== Adjective ==== boun Ready, prepared, organised: Motivated, raring, eager. Loyal, subservient, compliant. Bound, going or ready to go. (rare) On the brink of; about to. (rare) Close by, adjacent. ===== Derived terms ===== bounen ===== Descendants ===== English: boun (obsolete); bound Scots: boun ==== References ==== “bǒun, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== boun alternative form of bounen == Scots == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English boun, from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“prepare”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʌun/, /bun/ === Adjective === boun (comparative mair boun, superlative maist boun) ready, prepared Therefore ever thou mak thee boun / To obey, and thank thy God of all. — Robert Henryson, ‘The Abbey Walk’