Toun(e)

, Tounne , Town(e) , n. town. I 32, II 588, VII 112, 121, X 12, 46, XIV a 7, b 83, XVII 539, .; out of toun , out of the town ( or from the society of men; see below), II 236; to toune , to town, XII b 27; þe tounes ende , end of the main street, outskirts of the town, II 481, 564; the dwellings of men, the world, XV b 1, c 28 (cf. OE. lencten gǣþ to tūne ); in ilke a toune , among all men, XVI 253. [OE. tūn .]