romaunt
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of romaunt
1520–30; < Anglo-French, variant of Old French romant romance 1
Example Sentences
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With the early troubadours and minstrels, those nymphs formed the subject of many a lay, and the fate of their amours, of many a wild romaunt.
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Buchan, Patrick
This was a romaunt in four cantos upon the already familiar episode of Francesca, that "lily in the mouth of Tartarus."
From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
"Alack! alack! poor Henry," said Richard; "never, never was lady of romaunt so noble, and so true!"
From The Prince and the Page; a story of the last crusade by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
O hearken, loving hearts and bold, Unto my wild romaunt.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
A severe critic might possibly have objected to a few anachronisms in this romaunt, but this in a fault that Prince Frederic shares in common with Shakspeare and Sir Walter Scott.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
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