Obs. Also 4 comenount, 5 comnand, 5–6 comnant, 6 cumnant. Corrupt form of COVENANT sb. and v.
1382. Wyclif, Gen. vi. 18. I shal sett my couenaunt [Lamb. MS. c. 1400 comenount] of pees with thee.
1389. Eng. Gilds, 36. Þt alle þese comenauntz a-forsaid sshulde ben holden ferme and stable.
c. 1435. Torr. Portugal, 804. I schall make myn commnant so.
a. 1450. Knt. de la Tour (1868), 81. He yode … and made comenaunt with a surgeon to hele two broken legges.
1556. J. Heywood, Spider & F., lxii. 8. As I haue kept comnant at the full, So craue I of you, to kepe cumnant with me.
