romaunt

[ roh-mahnt, -mawnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Archaic.

romaunt

/ rəˈmɔːnt /

Origin of romaunt¹

1520–30; < Anglo-French, variant of Old French romant romance ¹

Origin of romaunt¹

C16: from Old French; see romantic

In his own translation of the Romaunt, l. 1393, he translates toise by fadome.

In this interval he translated the Romaunt of the Rose, the most famous poetical work of the middle ages.

In the Romaunt de la Rose the thing discussed seems to be positive vice.

Chaucer's "Romaunt of the Rose" describes for us the movement of the "karole," danced on the "grene gras" in the spring days.

Fair dames and damsels, may your loves be as happy as those of the heroine of this romaunt.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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