Obs. (exc. as an archaism). [f. BOUNTY + -HEAD.] Bounteousness.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., II. x. 2. How shall fraile pen … Conceive such soveraine glory and great bountyhed!
1621. Ainsworth, Annot. Ps. cxxxvi. 1. The mercy or bountihed which hee receiveth.
[1864. Temple Bar, Dec., 43. The glorious dead Who have left us their grace and their bountihead.]
