An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Su. G. bo, bo-a, to prepare, to make ready; Isl. bu-a, id. Boen or boin is the part. pa.

To BOUN, BOWN, v. a.
1. To make ready, to prepare.
Wallace.
2. To go, to direct one's course to a certain place.
Sir Egeir.

BOUND, BUND, part. pa. Pregnant.
Douglas.

To BOUNT, v. n. To spring, to bound.

Fr. bond-ir, id.

Burel.

BOUNTÉ, s. Worth, goodness.
Barbour.

Fr. bonté, id.

BOUNTETH, BOUNTITH, s.
1. Something given as a reward for service or good offices.
Watson's Coll.
2. It now generally signifies what is given to servants, in addition to their wages, S; bounties, S. B.
Ramsay.

Gael. bunntais seems merely a corr. of this word.