Rown

//ɹoʊn// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of rowan. alt-of, obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of row dialectal, form-of, obsolete, participle, past
  2. 2
    Archaic spelling of roun. alt-of, archaic

    "And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there."

Example

More examples

"And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English rowen, from Old English rōwen, ġerōwen, from Proto-Germanic *rōanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), equivalent to row + -en.

Etymology 2

From Middle English rownen, variant of rounen, from Old English rūnian. More at roun.

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