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rowann.1Brit. /ˈrəʊən/, /ˈraʊən/, U.S. /ˈraʊən/, /ˈroʊən/, Scottish English /ˈrʌʊən/, /ˈroən/ Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Norwegian rogn , (Nynorsk) raun , also (with a suffix causing i-mutation) Old Icelandic reynir , Faroese royni- (in roynitræ rowan tree), Old Swedish röne , rönd (Swedish rönn ), Old Danish røne (Danish røn )), probably a derivative (with nasal suffix) of the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic rauðr red adj. Compare ( < early forms of the Scandinavian word) Saami raudna rowan, and also Finnish Rauni , the name of a goddess. With sense 2 compare earlier rowan-tree n. Compare also rodden n.The β. forms show a different reflex of the same early Scandinavian diphthong. The word was apparently used almost exclusively in Scotland and the north of England until the 19th cent. The earliest name in other parts of Britain is quickbeam n.; compare also mountain ash n. With rowan branch compare earlier rowan-tree branch at rowan-tree n. Compounds. chiefly Scottish in early use. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash > rowan-berry c1440 (a1400) (Thornton) (1965) 612 I sall gyffe a nobill stede Es rede als any rone [Calig. ron; Thornton rhymes one, stane, slayne; Calig. rhymes on, ston, sclon]. a1586 in W. A. Craigie (1919) I. 206 My ruby cheikis wes reid as rone Ar leyn. c1600 A. Montgomerie (2000) I. 78 Quhair Lilies lyk lou-is Als rid as the rone [rhyme gone]. 1829 A. Cunningham Magic Bridle in 153 A sonsie bit, red hung with rowans! 1897 ‘S. Grand’ xxix. 307 Hips and haws and rowans also rioted in red. 1977 A. S. Fraser xii. 69 The rowans had to be red and stripped of stalks. 2005 C. D. Wright & J. Scott 60/1 We pick rowans from the tree planted to ward off evil. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash 1751 III. 404 The Rones, Water Alder, &c., &c., was as full of frute as they could hang. 1767 6 Apr. Some Rane or Mountain Ash. 1778 Aug. 397/1 Plantations of holly, yew, white-beam, rowan, spindletree, hawthorn, and juniper. 1810 W. Scott iii. 100 A heap of withered boughs was piled, Of juniper and rowan wild. 1861 D. H. Haigh 78 (note) The tree of which he speaks is probably the mountain-ash, rown or witch. 1887 R. Buchanan iii The rowan or mountain-ash shook its scarlet berries and dipped its tasselled hair. 1906 J. F. Defebaugh I. ii. 41 Pyrus americana. Mountain ash. Also called rowan in Canada and elsewhere. Of no commercial importance. 1946 O. Malet (2000) iii. 126 The rowans were splendid with their bright scarlet berries. 1996 221 Kashmir Rowan. A most beautiful small tree with clusters of soft pink flowers in May. 2003 67 171 Members of the Pomoideae such as hawthorn, apple, whitebeam, wild service and rowan may also have grown within the woodland. Compounds1802 J. Leyden Cout of Keeldar in W. Scott II. 368 In Keeldar's plume the holly green, And rowan leaves, nod on. 1829 F. Hemans Let. 13 July in H. F. Chorley (1836) x. 139 I..even—direst misfortune of all! scratched my face with a rowan branch. 1835 R. Nicoll 14 I lo'e the bonnie rowan bush In yon lane glen. 1899 4 Nov. 7/6 Rowan jelly with game. 1955 G. Grigson 174 In the Lakes..the cream was stirred with a Rowan stick. 1971 R. Condon (1973) xxxvii. 259 A saddle of lamb..delicate enough to accept only such a tracklement as rowan jelly. 2000 J. Harris (2001) x. 54 People just knew things. Believed things. Like..rowan twigs to keep away evil spirits. C2. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash > rowan-berry 1723 in H. Hamilton (1945) 98 I have gathred a quantity of roanberries. 1793 R. Heron I. 208 The clusters of rowan-berries which crowned its trees. 1814 W. Scott Diary 23 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart (1837) III. vii. 227 A pennon of silk, with something like round red rowan-berries wrought upon it. 1891 J. M. Barrie I. i. 9 Rowan berries in your black hair. 1928 L. Stockett xvii. 282 Close to the house was a bush of rowan berries. 2002 17 Jan. ii. 15/1 The Bohemian waxwing has a taste for rowan berries that have begun to ferment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † Rowann.2Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Rowan, Rouen. Etymology: < Rowan, former (chiefly Older Scots) variant of the name of Rouen (see Rouen n.), where the cloth was produced. Compare Middle Low German Rowān , the name of Rouen. Compare roan n.2 and the French forms cited at that entry. Scottish. Obsolete. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric from specific place > [adjective] 1488 in T. Dickson (1877) I. 153 For ij elne j quartar of Rowane gray for a gowne to the duke. 1494 in T. Dickson (1877) I. 231 To Robert Lundye and the ȝong Lard of Ardross, vij ellis of Rowane tanne. 1496 in J. Gairdner (1863) II. App. B. 331 For iij eln' and ane half of rowane tannee to ye duches of Zork [sc. York] to be hir ane seegoun. 1500 A. Halyburton (1867) 260 5 ell of Rowanis clath to be hym a gon. 1540 in W. Fraser (1863) I. 409 Ane gowne of rowand rwssat, lynit with blak bwigis. 1575 Edinb. Test. III. f. 361, in at Rowan(e Quhite Rowane cannes [i.e. canvas]. 1700 in W. Macgill (1909) I. 144 4 el blak ribin..an el of Rollan £3, 5 quarters Rollan muslin £3 15 s. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). rowann.3Brit. /ˈrəʊən/, /ˈraʊən/, U.S. /ˈraʊən/, /ˈroʊən/, Scottish English /ˈrʌʊən/, /ˈroən/ Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rowing n.3 Etymology: Apparently a variant of rowing n.3 (although this is first attested later in the equivalent sense: see rowing n.3 2). Scottish. Now rare. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > rove or slubbing 1748 Session Papers in (1968) VII. at Rowv.1 The Defender did make ready a Rowen of Wool, by warming it at the Fire. 1802 J. Sibbald IV. (Gloss.) Rowan, Rowing,..wool as it comes from the cards. c1816 VII. 286 Children are employed to lift the rolls or rowans from the carding engine. 1890 Aug. 53 The ‘piecers’ attended to the Billy and ‘pieced’ or mended the ‘rowans’ or rovings as they were drawn in by the slubber. 1905 Feb. 26 The farmers had their wool carded and made into rowans, which the guidwife and her daughters span. 1928 W. C. Fraser i. 17 The carding-mill, where the woollen rowans were prepared for the spinning-wheel. 1963 Apr. 55 She was sent with ‘rowin's’ to a house beside Euchan Bridge six miles away. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |