romaunt

plural romaunts

1. archaicA romantic story told in verse; a romance.

   1844, Caroline de Crespigny (translator), Ernst Schulze, The Enchanted Rose: A Romaunt in Three Cantos, [1818, Ernst Schulze, Die Bezauberte Rose: Romantisches Gedicht in drei Gesängen], W. Hoffmeister.

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   They are forbidden to read, save what their Superior permitted[…]; but lo! their ears are at the command of idle minstrels, and their eyes study empty romaunts.

   1819, Walter Scott, “Ivanhoe”, in The Waverley Novels, Volume IV, published 1844, page 612

   Those who are acquainted with my former writings must be aware that I use the word 'romantic' always in a noble sense; meaning the habit of regarding the external and real world as a singer of Romaunts would have regarded it in the Middle Ages[…].

   1884, John Ruskin, “The Art of England”, in The Complete Works of John Ruskin, volume 21, published 1910, page 3