adoun
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English adūn, earlier ofdūne (“down”), from of dūne (“off the hill”); Equivalent to a- + doun.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editadoun
Preposition
editadoun
- down; down from
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “adǒun, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “adǒun, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Scots
editPreposition
editadoun
- Alternative form of adoon
Adverb
editadoun (not comparable)
- Alternative form of adoon
References
edit- “adoun, adv. and prep.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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