broun

Middle English

Alternative forms

broyn, brown, brun, bruyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old English brūn, from Proto-West Germanic *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bruːn/

Adjective

broun (plural and weak singular broune)

dark, dull, murky (in color)
brown (of a brown color)
brown-haired
having brown skin
(metal) bright, shining

Related terms

brunswyn

Descendants

English: brown
- Bislama: braon
- Tok Pisin: braun
- → Welsh: brown
- → Tongan: palauni
Geordie English: broon
Scots: broon, broun

References

“brǒun, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Noun

broun

brown (colour)
brown-haired person

Descendants

English: brown
- Bislama: braon
- Tok Pisin: braun
- → Welsh: brown
- → Tongan: palauni
Scots: broon, broun

References

“brǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blewe, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret

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