soun

American  

[soun] / saʊn /

noun

Chiefly Scots.

1. a variant of sound.

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Etymology

Origin of soun

First recorded in 1300–50

Example Sentences

“That really soun like Night of Joy chariddy when them orphan pay in in a lotta money for whatever they gettin.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Puis Th. n'osa pas demurrer; mes dit qil ne fuit pas soun villein de soun manoire de C. Prest etc.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

Aunt Maria, she laugh an' go 'long, an' Lijah, he don' lak de soun'.

From The Cat in Grandfather's House by Grabo, Carl Henry

Bimeby, he shot he eye en 'gun ter nod, den he lay down en stretch hisse'f out, en 't wa'n't long 'fo' he 'gun ter sno' lak he sno' w'en he aint sleepin' soun'.

From Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation by Harris, Joel Chandler

I prefer to call it Danish; we English, now at least, often add a d, as in sound, gownd, from soun, gown.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown