English edit

Etymology 1 edit

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.

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rown

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) past participle of row

Etymology 2 edit

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

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Verb edit

rown (third-person singular simple present rowns, present participle rowning, simple past and past participle rowned)

  1. Archaic spelling of roun.
    • 1614, William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe:
      And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there.

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

rown (plural rowns)

  1. Obsolete form of rowan.

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