adoun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• adune, adun

Etymology

From Old English adūn, earlier ofdūne (“down”), from of dūne (“off the hill”); Equivalent to a- +‎ doun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈduːn/

Adverb

adoun

1. downward

Preposition

adoun

1. down; down from

Descendants

• English: adown
• Scots: adoon, adoun, adown

References

• “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

Preposition

adoun

1. Alternative form of adoon

Adverb

adoun (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of adoon

References

• “adoun, adv. and prep.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.