raunsoun
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French raençon, from Latin redemptio. Doublet of redempcioun.
Alternative forms
- ransoun, raunson, rawunsun, rancun, rannson, ranson, raunceoun, rancune, raunsun, rancoun, rauncoun, raunceon, ranscon, rawnson, ranscun, raumsoun
- (forms with -m) rawnsom, raunsom, raunsum, ransum, raumsum
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ranˈsuːn/, /rau̯nˈsuːn/, /ˈrau̯nsun/, /ˈransun/
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Noun
raunsoun (plural raunsouns)
- ransom; the practice of paying to let someone out of jail (in war).
- A payment or fee; money paid to someone out of necessity:
- (theology) Redemption or release from sinfulness.
- (theology) Jesus as the price of redemption from sin.
- A large quantity or reserve of coinage or money.
- (rare) People held for or to ransom.
- (rare) People who have been redeemed.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “raunsǒun (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-29.
Etymology 2
From Old French raençonner.
Verb
raunsoun
- Alternative form of raunsonen
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- Middle English terms borrowed from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Latin
- Middle English doublets
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- enm:Theology
- Middle English terms with rare senses
- Middle English verbs
- enm:Money
- enm:Taxation
- enm:War