goboun

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman gobon; by surface analysis, gobbe (“lump”) +‎ -oun. Compare gobet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔˈbuːn/, /ɡuˈbuːn/
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔbun/, /ˈɡubun/, /-ən/ (with shift of stress)

Noun

goboun (plural gobouns)

  1. (uncommon) A piece or bit of something.[1]
  2. (uncommon, West Midland) The stem of a tree.[2]

Descendants

  • English: gobbin (obsolete)

References

  1. ^ “gobǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Dareau, Margaret Grace; McIntosh, Angus (1971), “A dialect word in some West Midland manuscripts of the Prick of Conscience”, in A. J. Aitken, Angus McIntosh, Hermann Pálsson, editors, Edinburgh Studies in English and Scots, London: Longman, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 22-26
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