resoun
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman raisun,[1] from Old French reson, from Latin ratiō, ratiōnem.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛ̝ːzun/, /rɛ̝ːˈzuːn/[2]
Noun
resoun (plural resouns)
- reason
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Prologues”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- Er that I ferther in this tale pace,
Me thynketh it acordaunt to resoun
To telle yow al the condicioun
Of ech of hem, so as it semed me.- Before I proceed further in this tale,
It seems to me in accord with reason
To tell you all the circumstances
Of each of them, as it seemed to me.
- Before I proceed further in this tale,
Descendants
References
- ^ “rē̆sǒun, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ Wright, Joseph (1892), “Chapter IV. The French Element — The Vowels.”, in A grammar of the dialect of Windhill, in the West Riding of Yorkshire (English Dialect Society Series C; 67)[1], London: for the English Dialect Society by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co., →OCLC, § 231, page 65.
Etymology 2
From Old French reson; equivalent to re- + soun.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɛːˈsuːn/
Noun
resoun (plural resouns)
- echoing sound, reverberation
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Descendants
- English: resound
References
- “resǒun, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
References
- “resoun”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.