boon2 (bon)

[Also E. dial. bun (see bun2 ), boon3 (bön), a. [ To a boon southern country he is fled. M. Arnold, Thyrsis. 4. Gay; merry; jolly; jovial; convivial: as, a boon companion; "jocund and boon ," Milton , P. L., ix. 793. Fled all the boon companions of the Earl. Tennyson, Geraint. boon a get, n. [Also bonage ; boon1 , 4, + -age .] Boon-work. boon-dayt (bönʼdā), n . A day on which boon work was performed by a tenant for his lord, as in harvesting his crops. 627