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/
- (Late ME) IPA(key): /ˈrau̯nsum/, /ˈransum/
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:
- ransom money; money paid as ransom.
- A payment or fee as punishment for criminal activity.
- (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
- raunsonen
- raunsoner
- raunsonynge
Descendants
- English: ransom
- Scots: ransom
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