lown

See also: Lown

English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse logn, lygn, from Proto-Germanic *lugnijaz.

Pronunciation
  • (Scottish) IPA(key): /lʌun/

Noun

lown (plural lowns)

  1. (Scotland) Calm, tranquillity. [from 13th c.]
  2. A shelter; a calm or peaceful place. [from 17th c.]
    • 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. [from 15th c.]
    • 1826, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, April:
      Ye may hear him, on a lown day, at every farm-house in the parish.
Quotations
  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:lown.

References
  • lown in Merriam-Webster's online dictionary

Etymology 2

See loon.

Noun

lown (plural lowns)

  1. (obsolete) A low fellow.
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