north. dial. [app. a. OF. bontet, buntet, the earlier (11–12th c.) form of bonté, whence BOUNTY (cf. poortith, dainteth, faith). But the word is known only since the 15th c. (in later times only in Scotch), so that its historical connection with the OF. word is not illustrated.]
A gift of bounty; gratuity, reward; a gift stipulated for in addition to money wages. Cf. BOUNTY 4 b.
c. 1440. York Myst., xv. 118. For I haue herde declared … That bountith aftir rewarde.
1553. Douglas, Æneis, XII. vi. 127. This is the bounteth [v.r. bontay] thay sal bere away.
1724. Ramsay, Tea-t. Misc. (1733), II. 194. Saw ye Jenny Nettles … Her fee and bountith in her lap.
1818. Scott, Rob Roy, xxiv. Upon my wage, board-wage, fee, and bountith.
1834. H. Miller, Scenes & Leg., xi. (1857), 168. He will not away from us without his bountith.
