goune

[865] Or in the worthy Margaret's spelling: "Yf I mythe have had my wylle, I xulde a seyne yow er dystyme; I wolde ye wern at hom, yf it wer your ese, and your sor myth ben as wyl lokyth to her as it tys there ye ben, now lever dan a goune thow it wer of scarlette."

A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

Then came one squire carrying the goune of him whom they brought and another that carryed his hatt & band.

Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson

And upoun a day, the sermoun ended, and the people departing, no man suspecting danger, and tharefore nott heading the said Maister George, the Preast that was corrupted stood wating at the foot of the steppis, his goune lowse, and his whinger drawin into his hand under his gown, the said Maister

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

Sche looked upoun it, and put it in the pocket of hir goune.

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

A glance at gown leads us back to ME goun, MF gone, goune ` gown 'from LL gunna ` fur or leather garment.'

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XX No 2 1991