boun
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of boun
Middle English; bound 4
Example Sentences
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Len Unger finds the boun a boon for he is an excellent ele phant rider.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then Thrain Sigfus' son busked his ship for Iceland, and was all but "boun".
From The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga by Dasent, George Webbe
When they were dressed in their cloaths, And ready for to boun, The doors and windows was all secured, The roof-tree burning down.
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
Said the King to his daughters three; "For I to Vanity Fair am boun, Now say what shall they be?"
From Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two by Various
For some days she did with him stay, Till it fell ance upon a day, "Fareweel, for a time," she said,15 "For now I must boun hame away."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
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