lown

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lune, borrowed from Old Norse logn (“windstillness”), from Proto-Norse *lugna, meaning "place where the water is smooth", ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include Icelandic lón, Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

lown (plural lowns)

  1. (Scotland) Calm, tranquillity.
  2. A shelter; a calm or peaceful place.
    • 1958, Michael Harrington, Sea Stories from Newfoundland:
      He had no alternative to the slim chance of safety offered by the ‘lun’ of Cat Harbour, Northern Island.

Adjective

lown (comparative lowner, superlative lownest)

  1. (chiefly Scotland) Peaceful, calm. [4]
    • 1826 April, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine:
      Ye may hear him, on a lown day, at every farm-house in the parish.
Quotations

References

  1. ^ “lown”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2021.
  2. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 364
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 687-90
  4. ^ “lown”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Etymology 2

See loon.

Noun

lown (plural lowns)

  1. (obsolete) A low fellow.
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