bunté

See also: bunte and Bunte

Old French

Alternative forms

• bonté
• bounté (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Latin bonitās, bonitātem.

Noun

bunté oblique singular, f (oblique plural buntez, nominative singular bunté, nominative plural buntez)

1. (Anglo-Norman) goodness
   • c. 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar:

     valt mielz de vus, dame reïne
     de cors, de vis e de bealté,
     d'enseignement e de bunté.

     [She] is worth more than you, Your Majesty
     in body, in her face, in beauty
     in education and in goodness.

Descendants

• French: bonté
• → Middle English: bounte, bonte, bunte, bountie
  • English: bounty