Noun: resoun
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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Er that I ferther in this tale pace,
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Me thynketh it acordaunt to resoun
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To telle yow al the condicioun
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Of ech of hem, so as it semed me. (Before I proceed further in this tale,
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It seems to me in accord with reason
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To tell you all the circumstances
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Of each of them, as it seemed to me.) [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:]
Nouns inflected like resoun
schimeringe,
synger,
serche,
sengle,
snoute,
saucer,
sauter,
sapour,
saphir,
sachel,
sculle,
scrape,
scrowe,
scisme,
sclate,
schyfe,
schyve,
schole,
schere,
schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman raisun, from Old French reson, from Latin ratiō, ratiōnem. See: Latin Nouns '
ratio'.
Verbs referencing "resoun"
English Nouns
reason, English Nouns
resound.
Translations