barowne

Middle English

Noun

barowne

1. Alternative form of baroun
   • 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[Morte Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 468, recto, lines 16–20:

     And than Sir launcelot toke hys leve and deꝑted and þ[er] was noþ[er] kynge duke erle barowne nor knyght lady nor Iantyll woman but all they wepte as people oute of mynde excepte Sir Gawayne

     And then Sir Lancelot took his leave and departed and there was there no king, duke, earl, baron, nor knight, lady, nor gentle woman, but all they who wept as people out of mind, except Sir Gawain