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Awn

Awn

(a̤n)
,
Noun.
[OE.
awn
,
agune
, from Icel.
ögn
, pl.
agnir
; akin to Sw.
agn
, Dan.
avne
, Goth.
ahana
, OHG.
agana
, G.
agen
,
ahne
, chaff, Gr.
ἄχνη
, AS.
egla
; prob. from same root as E.
acute
. See 3d
Ear
. √1.]
(Bot.)
The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
Gray.

Definition 2025

awn

awn

See also: awn.

English

Noun

awn ‎(plural awns)

An ear of a wild rye species, showing the conspicuous awns
  1. The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

Translations

Anagrams

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.un/, /au̯n/

Verb

awn

  1. first-person plural present indicative of mynet
  2. first-person singular imperfect indicative of mynet
  3. first-person plural imperative of mynet

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • (first-person singular conditional): elwn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʊ̯n/

Verb

awn

  1. first-person plural future of mynd (also present tense in the literary language)
  2. first-person singular conditional of mynd (also imperfect tense in the literary language)
  3. (literary) first-person plural imperative of mynd

Etymology

From Middle English aw(u)ne, agune, agene, from Old Danish aghn (compare modern Danish avne), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō ‎(“chaff”) (compare Old English ægnan, Dutch agen, German Ahne, Agen), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare Latin agna ‎(“ear of wheat”), Lithuanian ašnìs ‎(“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα ‎(ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος ‎(ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि ‎(aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- ‎(“sharp”). More at edge.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔːn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːn

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