Bond(e)

, n. bond; bond to sheues , the straw binding for sheaves, VIII b 14; her bonde , the bondage they imposed, XIV c 47; Bandis , pl. bonds, XVI 190, 196; Our Lady's bonds, pregnancy, XVII 209 (see N.E.D. , s.v. Band , Bond ). [ON. band .] Bond(e)men , n. pl. bondmen, serfs, VIII a 46, b 69; Bondemenne , gen. pl. VIII b 74. [OE. bōnda (from ON. bóndi ) + mann , influenced in sense by prec. (etymol. unconnected).]