bounteth, -ith north. dial.
(ˈbuːntɪθ)
[app. a. OF. bontet, buntet (bunˈteθ), the earlier (11–12th c.) form of bonté, whence bounty (cf. poortith, dainteth, faith). But the word is known only since the 15th c. (in later times only in Scotch), so that its historical connexion with the OF. word is not illustrated.]
A gift of bounty; gratuity, reward; a gift stipulated for in addition to money wages. Cf. bounty 4 b.
| c 1440 York Myst. xv. 118 For I haue herde declared..That bountith aftir rewarde. 1553 Douglas æneis xii. vi. 127 This is the bounteth [v.r. bontay] thay sal bere away. 1724 Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) II. 194 Saw ye Jenny Nettles..Her fee and bountith in her lap. 1818 Scott Rob Roy xxiv, Upon my wage, board-wage, fee, and bountith. 1834 H. Miller Scenes & Leg. xi. (1857) 168 He will not away from us without his bountith. |