An archaic or obsolete spelling of fount or fountain; a spring or source.
From Old French fonte, an older variant spelling of fount. This Middle English spelling reflects how fountain vocabulary was still being standardized before modern spelling conventions developed.
Medieval scribes spelled 'fountain' many different ways—'founte,' 'fount,' 'fontaine'—because spelling wasn't standardized until printing presses made consistency necessary.
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