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lownn.adj.adv.  Brit.  /laʊn/, U.S. /laʊn/, Scottish English /lʌʊn/, Irish English /laʊn/, Canadian English /laun/Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: lown v. Etymology: Originally < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic logn , Norwegian regional logn , Old Swedish lughn (Swedish lugn ), Old Danish lun , lugn , loghn , lundh (early modern Danish luun , lowen , Danish lun , lune ), all nouns in sense ‘calm, stillness, tranquillity’, and also Old Icelandic lygn (adjective) calm, Norwegian lun , (regional) logn , Old Swedish lughn (Swedish lugn , lygn ), Danish lun , all adjectives in sense ‘still, calm’) < the same Germanic base as Old Icelandic lauss free, unencumbered (see loose adj., n.2, and adv., lease adj. and n.2). In later use perhaps partly also < lown v.The γ. forms (predominantly in adjectival use) show excrescent -d after final -n (compare bound adj.1, sound n.3, pound v.1, etc., and see further E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §436); compare also β. forms at lown v. With use as adjective compare the obsolete and rare Scots lowden calm, still, quiet:1597 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 151 Thow art indytit..for practizeing of thy wichecraft in laying of the wind and making of it to becumin calme and lowdin.1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. (at cited word) To be lowden, i.e. to speak little or none in the presence of one of whom we stand in aw. Chiefly Scottish after Middle English. A. n.the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [noun] a1250 in C. Brown (1932) 6 Vor is holie nome of mine liue ȝif me lune. 1823 J. Galt III. viii. 63 The lown of that time was as a pet day in winter. 1890 J. Service 52 In the gowden lown o' autumn days. 1937 W. Hutcheson 74 Owre the caller lown o' gloaming. 1992 D. Purves tr. T'ao Ch'ien in No. 2. 20/2 Swippert the years, ayont myndin. Solemn the lown o this braw mornin. the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter 1603 Prophecie of Bertlington in sig. Aviiiv The little lowne that shall be Is betwixt the Lowmond and the sea. 1787 F. Grose Lun, or Lewe, under cover, or shelter. Under the lun or lewe of a hedge. W. 1880 J. E. Watt 60 Oor bit hoosie that stood i' the lown o' the shaw. 1958 M. F. Harrington 93 He had no alternative to the slim chance of safety offered by the ‘lun’ of Cat Harbour, Northern Island. 1979 R. Butlin in No. 23–24. 35 An I wad thon warld oor lowen wis—the universe an oorsels as yin. B. adj. 1. the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [adjective] > calm (of weather, climate, or the elements) c1485 ( G. Hay (1993) xxiv. 98 The wyndis ar mare lowin and mare dryand na jn winter and hardar. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Lion & Mouse l. 1580 in (1981) 63 The fair forest with leuis, lowne and le. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil iii. viii. 60 Within the havin goith loune. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 18 in W. A. Craigie (1925) II. 95 The land lowne was and le with lyking & luf. c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece sig. Aivv In weddir louin and maist tempestius haill But ony dreid I beir ane equall saill. 1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith i. 19 in J. Sylvester (new ed.) The variant winde is still and lowne. 1683 G. Meriton 346 How comes thy Clathes seay flurr'd, Barne, this Lownd day? 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxv, in Apr. 493 Ye may hear him, on a lown day, at every farm-house in the parish. 1865 J. Hamilton 81 The mune was down, the win's were lown, But a' the lift wi' stars was bricht. 1927 J. Buchan x. 164 Newbiggin will be a caller bit in this lown weather. 1989 A. Mackie tr. G. Leopardi in P. France & D. Glen 126 I'd look at the lown lyft, the gowden wynds, the fruit gairdens. the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] a1500 (Marchm.) (1877) I. 386 Gudmen ar loune, the wykkyt weill ar kend. ?1635 in D. Dickson (1845) (modernized text) 3 Faith bids be lowne and quiet; nature says, I must lay it out ere I burst. 1718 A. Ramsay 12 To keep a' Things hush and lown. 1768 A. Ross 86 My lad my councel's ye be low'n. 1816 W. Scott II. ix. 242 Sir Richard..had a fair offspring o' his ain, and a' was lound and quiet till his head was laid in the ground. 1823 J. Wilson xxxiii. 270 But do you think your brother will like Nether-Place? It will be oure lown for him. 1827 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxx, in Jan. 102 You'll keep a louner sugh or you get half way from Dalnacardoch. 1916 T. W. Paterson xi. 12 But the man o' guid understaun'in aye keeps a lown tongue within his chafts. a1981 ‘R. Garioch’ tr. G. Belli in (1983) 231 The wee carafe timmit doun til the dregs, a wee strone, a hailmary said, and syne, lither and lown, we sclimm intill our beds. the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adjective] > snug or comfortable (of places) a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1959) ix. i. 9 Turnus..was with all his rowt Amyd ane valle wondyr lovn and law [L. sacrata valle]. ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun (1891) I. xlv. 358 Then sett he to, with saill and ayre, To seik some lowner harbore thayre. 1728 A. Ramsay (1953) II. 3 And drave them frae the lowner Bield, To crop contented frozen Fare. 1867 N. Macleod I. i. 8 Turnips and stubble are no' to be compared wi'..the win'y taps o' the hills, or the lown glens. 1933 Apr. 60 The glint o' the sun on the lown haughs o' Liddesdale seemed to have put a spell on me. 1980 L. G. Rich 2 I lay on your lown haugh Seven decades of my story. C. adv.the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [adverb] the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adverb] a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece (1858) l. 585 Betuix twa scheittis thai salit lown and still. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece (1858) l. 46949 Syne on the morne the da begout rycht fair, Bayth lowne and still. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xiii, in 1st Ser. IV. 278 For God's sake, speak lound and low. 1836 R. Allan 39 Lassie, quo' he, their travail's sair, While we sit lown an' calm. 1879 P. H. Waddell 2 Quo some, he die'd lown, at a gude auld age. 1882 ‘S. Tytler’ I. viii. 167 I wuss it may blaw lown ower Peggy's grave. 1909 J. Black 24 It whispers lown o' mother's love—tender, thochtfu', leal. 1998 B. Leeming in 51 22 I' the mirknin paurk hielant beasts staun lown. the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adverb] 1724 A. Ramsay Vision in I. 226 I still support my Precedens Abune them all, for Sword and Sens, Thocht I haif layn right now lown. 1795 H. Macneill 6 Lown 'mang trees and braes it reek'it. 1834 New Ser. 1 426/1 We lie lown yonder..and have time for our ain think. 1932 W. D. Cocker 57 O queer stravaigin' tinkler men, Ye ken the things we dinna ken;..Hoo to lie lown oot-bye at nicht. Compounds 1683 J. Reid 95 Acquaint them [sc. melons] a little with the air by raising the edg of the glasses with a little straw on the laun [1721 lown] side, closing it at night again. a1693 M. Bruce (1708) 12 See ye not the Well-affected people seeking the Lee and lowen-side of the House? 1822 T. Bewick (1975) ii. 10 I sat down on the lown side of a hedge & eat it. 1886 J. G. Scott iii. 180 A gentle incline on what the Scotch would call the ‘lown’ side of the summit. 1724 P. Walker 90 When he came to the witty lown-warm Air of Edinburgh,..he forgot to fulfill his Promise. 1894 S. R. Crockett 221 The wind came..in lown-warm puffs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). lownv. Brit. /laʊn/, U.S. /laʊn/, Scottish English /lʌʊn/, Irish English /laʊn/, Canadian English /laun/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: lown adj. Chiefly Scottish, English regional ( northern), Irish English ( northern), and Canadian regional ( Newfoundland and Labrador). the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > seek (refuge) [verb (transitive)] > shelter 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) xv. 276 And a myle was betuix the seis, And that wes lownyt [1489 Adv. lompnyt] all with treis. 1802 S. T. Coleridge 26 Aug. (1895) 400 I was sheltered (in the phrase of the country, lownded) in a sort of natural porch on the summit of Sca Fell. 2. Chiefly with reference to the wind. the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [verb (transitive)] > make (the weather or elements) calm 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil vii. ii. 5 Eftir the wyndis lownit war at will. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil x. ii. 113 The wyndis eik thar blastis lownit sone. 1875 A. Anderson 68 As rain lowns the wind. 2000 M. Fitt ii. 9 Citizens visibly needit alcohol on the wey in tae lown their nerves. the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [verb (intransitive)] > become calm (of weather or the elements) ?a1600 (a1500) Sc. Troy Bk. (Cambr.) l. 1012 in C. Horstmann (1882) II. 256 Þe see-tempestes Llownyt not nor yhet toke restes. 1669 J. Yonge (1963) (modernized text) 121 The wind lunns this morning, and comes at West. 1737 A. Ramsay 13 Blaw the Wind ne'er sae fast, It will lown at the last. 1894 R. Reid 59 The win' was lownin' doon. 1920 J. L. Waugh 69 When the stoor was settlin', an' the maesic lowned. 1983 W. L. Lorimer & R. L. C. Lorimer Mark vi. 73 Syne he sclam intil the boat aside them, an the wind lowned. Derivatives 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil v. iv. 107 Scherand the lownit air, [scho] Doun from the hycht discendis soft and fair. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adj.adv.a1250 v.1487 |