sownen

Middle English

Etymology

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Verb

sownen (third-person singular simple present sowneth, present participle sownende, sownynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle sowned)

1. to sound
   • Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Squire's Tale’, Canterbury Tales

     Al be that I kan nat sowne his stile, / Ne kan nat clymben over so heigh a style