raunsoun

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old French raençon, from Latin redemptio. Doublet of redempcioun. ==== Alternative forms ==== ransoun, raunson, rawunsun, rancun, rannson, ranson, raunceoun, rancune, raunsun, rancoun, rauncoun, raunceon, ranscon, rawnson, ranscun, raumsoun (forms with -m) rawnsom, raunsom, raunsum, ransum, raumsum ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ranˈsuːn/, /rau̯nˈsuːn/, /ˈrau̯nsun/, /ˈransun/ (Late Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈrau̯nsum/, /ˈransum/ ==== Noun ==== raunsoun (plural raunsouns) Ransom; the practice of paying to let someone out of jail (in war). A payment or fee; money paid to someone out of necessity: Ransom money; money paid as ransom. A payment or fee as punishment for criminal activity. (theology) Redemption or release from sinfulness. (theology) Jesus as the price of redemption from sin. A large quantity or reserve of coinage or money. (rare) People held for or to ransom. (rare) People who have been redeemed. ===== Derived terms ===== raunsonen raunsoner raunsonynge ===== Descendants ===== English: ransom Scots: ransom ===== References ===== “raunsǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 November 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== raunsoun alternative form of raunsonen