ppl. a. Obs. or dial. [f. AWE sb.1 + BOUND; cf. prec. sb.] Bound by awe or restraint of authority; submissive, obedient.
1631. MS. Eccl. Proc. Durh. He was awebound to his wife.
1864. Atkinson, Whitby Gloss., s.v., They were awebun nowther wi’ God nor man.
