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Word: Lown
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English. Originally from 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’) from the same Germanic base as Old Icelandic lauss free, unencumbered
A calm or quiet state; stillness, tranquillity.
Shelter; a peaceful or sheltered place.
Word: Lown
Speech Type: Adjective
Middle English. Originally from 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’) from the same Germanic base as Old Icelandic lauss free, unencumbered
Of the weather, a body of water, or some other natural feature or phenomenon: calm, still.
Especially of a person: gentle, calm, quiet.
Of a place: sheltered; cosy, snug.
Word: Lown
Speech Type: Adverb
Middle English. Originally from 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’) from the same Germanic base as Old Icelandic lauss free, unencumbered
Calmly, quietly; peacefully, tranquilly.
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