adoun
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English adūn, earlier ofdūne (“down”), from of dūne (“off the hill”); Equivalent to a- + doun.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
adoun
Preposition[edit]
adoun
- down; down from
Descendants[edit]
References[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[edit]
Preposition[edit]
adoun
- Alternative form of adoon
Adverb[edit]
adoun (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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