Lown

//laʊn// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Calm, tranquillity. Scotland
  2. 2
    A low fellow. obsolete
  3. 3
    A shelter; a calm or peaceful place.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Peaceful, calm. Scotland

    "Ye may hear him, on a lown day, at every farm-house in the parish."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

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"Ye may hear him, on a lown day, at every farm-house in the parish."

Etymology

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”).

Etymology 2

See loon.

Etymology 3

* As an English surname, variant of Lond, from Middle English launde (“glade”). Possibly also a variant of Lund. Compare Lon. * As a Dutch surname, named after Louvain in Belgium.

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